With Parx Racing having astronomical purses for its upcoming Fall Festival, some regional tracks have warned their horsemen to stay home.
A rehabbed paddock and walking ring — oh, and massive purse increases — will greet horsemen during Parx Racing’s fall festival, starting August 29.
Five-year-old Kiss the Daddy was a horse of no note on the dirt. Switched to turf after 29 starts, she’s now won three of four and become a stake winner.
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.
