Skip Trial took the lead in the...

Skip Trial took the lead in the middle of Philadelphia Park’s homestretch and held off a determined late run by El Basco to win by a neck in the seventh running of the $300,000 Pennsylvania Derby at Cornwell Heights, Pa.

Skip Trial, who won the Ohio Derby in June and defeated Spend a Buck in the Amory L. Haskell at Monmouth, N.J., in July, finished the 1 1/8 miles in 1:50 1/5.