Point Dume continued a banner season with the biggest win of his career Tuesday afternoon at Parx Racing, capturing the $75,000 M.P. Ballezzi Appreciation Mile Stakes for Bush Racing Stable and trainer Timothy Kreiser.

Ridden by Angel Cruz, the 4-year-old gelding by Into Mischief out of Maya Malibu (by Malibu Moon) broke sharply and pressed the early pace and took the lead before the half-mile mark. From there, he edged clear and held firm to the wire, winning by a length and a half in 1:37.98 over a fast main track.

It marked the first stakes win for Point Dume, who has been a model of consistency throughout 2025. The victory was his fifth of the season and eighth overall from 26 starts, boosting his career earnings to $351,290.

Irish Cork rallied from last along the inside to finish second, while Adero chased three wide and flattened out for third. Early pacesetter Bernie’s Mitts, the lukewarm 2-1 favorite, tired to fourth.

Point Dume paid $13.40 to win as the fifth choice in an evenly matched field in which six of eight runners were under 10-1. The exacta with 9-1 Irish Cork underneath returned $118.00 on a two-dollar wager.

NOTES Parx Racing also inducted three into its Hall of Fame Tuesday. Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association director of finance Ed Simon was inducted in the Special Achievement category, while the multiple graded stakes-winning gelding Favorite Tale and owner Chuck Zacney and his Cash Is King LLC operation also were inducted… Trained by Guadalupe Preciado for PJG Stable, Favorite Tale earned over $1 million in a career that lasted from 2014 to 2018 and included two graded wins… Cash Is King has, by itself or in partnership, campaigned numerous good horses over the years. The most prominent of those include the dual-Classic winner Afleet Alex, winner of the 2005 Preakness and Belmont, and 2016 Kentucky Oaks winner Cathryn Sophia…