Penn National set to kick off 2024 season with changes
Penn National kicks off its 2024 season Jan. 10 and will race fewer days this year spread out among three meets, resulting in higher purses.
Read Moreby Press Release | Jan 10, 2024 | Breaking, Business, PA Business, Pennsylvania, Press release other | 0 |
Penn National kicks off its 2024 season Jan. 10 and will race fewer days this year spread out among three meets, resulting in higher purses.
Read Moreby Press Release | Jan 3, 2024 | Breaking, Business, PA Business, Pennsylvania, Press release other | 0 |
The catalog for Wanamaker’s sale of Pennsylvania-breds is now available, with the sale itself taking place starting January 7.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Oct 30, 2023 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business, New Jersey, NJ Business, PA Business, Pennsylvania, Regionwide, Virginia, Virginia Business, West Virginia, WV Business | 2 |
The Jockey Club’s report of mares bred indicates that for the eighth straight year, fewer mares were bred than in the previous year.
Read Moreby The Biz | Oct 22, 2023 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business, National news, PA Business, Pennsylvania, Press release other | 0 |
The national foal crop continued its long, steady decline in 2023, while Maryland, hoping to buck that trend, saw modest gains.
Read Moreby Press Release | Dec 2, 2022 | Breaking, Business, PA Breeding, PA Business, Pennsylvania | 0 |
Thirty-seven horses are catalogued in the online Wanamaker’s Pennsylvania-bred sale, which kicks off Sunday, December 4 and closes December 8.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Nov 9, 2022 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business, PA Business, Pennsylvania | 1 |
Apprentice rider Jeiron Barbosa walked away with only an injured wrist after an incident at Parx Racing that saw four riders unseated.
Read Moreby Press Release | Oct 28, 2022 | Breaking, Business, PA Business, Pennsylvania | 3 |
Jessica Paquette, racing analyst at Colonial Downs in recent years, will take the role of track announcer at Parx Racing.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Jul 20, 2022 | Breaking, Business, PA Business, Pennsylvania | 2 |
Trainer Juan Vazquez will, unless his appeal succeeds, be out of racing until 2025 after PA stewards suspended his license in an animal cruelty case.
Read Moreby The Biz | Feb 14, 2022 | Breaking, Business, PA Business, Pennsylvania | 0 |
In the face of very cold temperatures, Parx Racing has canceled its Valentine’s Day card.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Jan 31, 2022 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business, PA Business, Pennsylvania, Regionwide | 0 |
With the latest list of graded stakes out, two important Mid-Atlantic races — the De Francis Dash and Parx Dash — both were downgraded from G3 to listed.
Read Moreby The Biz | Jan 24, 2022 | Breaking, Business, PA Business, Pennsylvania | 0 |
Parx Racing has canceled its race card for Monday, January 24.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Jan 21, 2022 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business, PA Business, Pennsylvania | 1 |
Jockey Mychel Sanchez was taken off his mounts Friday at Laurel Park, the result of a suspension he’d received for betting against his mounts.
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