Parx Racing’s plan for a $20 million “Fall Festival” – coupled with reduced racing days – has received a generally (but not entirely) warm response.
Under an agreement between Parx Racing and Pennsylvania horsemen, the track will run 156 live days in each of the next three years — down from 210 this year.
The closure of Suffolk Downs forced jockey Tammi Piermarini to move to Parx Racing, where former Suffolk jock Joe Hampshire is her agent, and both are thriving.
Indiana terminated Truesdail Laboratories after it missed three positives. That’s cause for concern for four Midlantic racing commissions which employ Truesdail.
Pennsylvania’s benchmark report on wagering breeding shows declines in both. But why? And is it changing? Answers vary.
Midlantic tracks struggled in the Horseplayers Association of North America’s annual track rankings for 2015, focused on horseplayer value and playability.
Quirky, stubborn, and flighty are words to describe Virginia-bred Stellar Wind, who has deep mid-Atlantic roots. Also: Grade 1 Santa Anita Oaks winner.
They named Page McKenney for her aunt. He was claimed away. They bought back into him. Yes, the story is personal for breeders James Bryant and Linda Davis.
Trainer Marya Montoya claimed Unrivaled for just $30,000 in October. His fourth start for her will likely be in the G1 Bluegrass Stakes — a journey her father would have enjoyed.
Parx Racing and the Jockeys’ Guild averted a possible weekend shutdown with a deal that allows riders to continue to be covered by the track’s insurance.