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.
Amid a bitter dispute over Parx Racing;s demand that they sign an insurance waiver, most of the track’s jockeys intend to boycott Saturday’s card.
The MidAtlantic Cooperative-Monarch Content Management dispute — now in its fourth month with the end still uncertain — has horseplayers exasperated.
A year ago, jockey Kendrick Carmouche was struggling to break through at Gulfstream. Now, with family behind him, he’s heating up in the mid-Atlantic cold.
Sources said the Monarch Content Management-Mid Atlantic Cooperative dispute — keeping regional bettors from playing many tracks — may soon be resolved.
In January Atlantic City Race Course said its final goodbyes — for the third time in 20 years. Does it have another act left in it?
Sam Elliott’s first visit to Parx Racing was to interview for his new job there, as racing secretary. He’s excited about the untapped potential he sees.
Handicappers won’t give Van Persie or Twin Engine a look in Saturday’s Swatara at Penn National. But that’s not a concern for their locally-based trainers.
For 25 years, trainer Alfredo Velazquez has conditioned hard knockers at Parx Racing. Then Private Zone entered his barn and brought him his first Grade 1 win.
It took a messy court fight, but trainer Juan Carlos Guerrero is training at Parx and trying to stay “low key.” Unless Classic Giacnroll upsets the Pennsylvania Derby.