CHESTER PA – So Long Hanover said so long to his opposition early in the $14,400 trotting feature on a special Kentucky Derby Day Saturday afternoon card at Harrah’s Philadelphia.
Pat Berry got the Donato Hanover gelding away quickly and put up fractions of :28.2, :58.2, and 1:27.3, with Bountiful Brittney, winner of three of her last four, right behind him. However, the pocketsitting mare could make no dent into the winner’s advantage, as he scored by 1½ lengths in 1:56.3 for his new connections, who got him after his last start – trainer Scott Di Domenico and owners Bottom Line Racing LLC and Triple D Stables Inc.