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Joe Bongiorno drove five winners at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Thursday, Oct. 22, with Benjamin Hanover taking the Winners Over Handicap Trot for the second consecutive week.
According to Standardbred Canada, Bongiorno initially had no drives listed when the draw came out. He picked up assignments after Tim Tetrick was no longer expected to drive at the track that day.
Benjamin Hanover repeats in the feature trot
Benjamin Hanover won in 1:52.4, improving his career record to 38 victories in 80 starts. Angela Cornell owns the trotter.
Bongiorno also drove three winners for trainer Scott Di Domenico: Djimon, Boom Chica Boom and Odds On Greenback. Djimon took the conditioned fast-class secondary feature in 1:52.4, finishing 2½ lengths clear. El Dorado Stables owns Djimon.
Two victories with horses from Bongiorno’s own barn brought his 2026 training total at Harrah’s Philadelphia to 40, the most of any trainer at the track.
Allard closes the gap in the driver standings
Elsewhere on the 14-race card, Trillion Times won the upper-level event for developing trotters in 1:54.1 by three lengths. Swan Wayne won a conditioned contest for developing trotters in 1:57.1 by a length.
Trainer Joyce Lineweaver and drivers Mark Herschberger and Simon Allard each recorded doubles. Allard narrowed Tetrick’s lead in the driving-win standings to four, with Tetrick ahead 113-109.
Harrah’s Philadelphia’s next card was scheduled for Friday, Oct. 23, at 12:25 p.m., with a carryover into the fifth-race Pick 5.
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Source: As reported by Standardbred Canada.
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