Category: PA Racing

Trainer Jamie Ness bags 3,000th win

by Frank Vespe | Feb 19, 2020 | Breaking, PA Racing, Pennsylvania, Racing | 0 |

With a combined total of five wins on Monday and Tuesday, trainer Jamie Ness reached the 3,000-win mark with a rush

Hockey Puck slips by in PA Nursery score

by Frank Vespe | Dec 7, 2019 | Breaking, PA Racing, Pennsylvania, Racing | 0 |

Hockey Puck rallied from mid-flight to register a 13-1 upset in the Pennsylvania Nursery Stakes for two-year-old PA-breds at Parx Racing Saturday.

Firenze Fire blazes to Fabulous Strike score

by Frank Vespe | Nov 28, 2019 | Breaking, PA Racing, Pennsylvania, Racing | 0 |

Firenze Fire was a dominant — and popular — winner of the Fabulous Strike Wednesday at Penn National, plus a report on the two undercard stakes.

Firenze Fire headlines Fabulous Strike

by Frank Vespe | Nov 26, 2019 | Breaking, PA Racing, Pennsylvania, Racing | 0 |

Three weeks removed from a fifth-place finish in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint, Firenze Fire is favored in Wednesday’s Fabulous Strike at Penn National.

Pricey Autonomous looks for first stakes score in Blue Mtn.

by Frank Vespe | Nov 26, 2019 | Breaking, PA Racing, Pennsylvania, Racing | 0 |

Autonomous, a $300,000 yearling, will seek her first stakes win Wednesday in the Blue Mountain Juvenile Fillies at Penn National, and a Swatara preview.

66 nominated to Penn National holiday stakes

by Press Release | Nov 16, 2019 | Breaking, PA Racing, Pennsylvania, Racing | 0 |

There were robust nominations to Penn Natinoal’s Thanksgiving Eve stakes program, highlighted by the Fabulous Strike and Swatara.

Joe Mishak looking to fulfill his – and others’ – dreams

by Linda Dougherty | Nov 1, 2019 | Breaking, Features, PA Racing, Pennsylvania | 0 |

Philadelphia native Joe Mishak gave up a career in accounting for one in horseracing, and now as part of My Racehorse has two Breeders’ Cup chances.

Katie Davis “okay overall” after scary spill

by Frank Vespe | Oct 1, 2019 | Breaking, PA Racing, Pennsylvania, Racing, Top Stories | 0 |

Jockey Katie Davis took a frightening spill Monday in a race at Parx Racing but by the evening was said to be sore but otherwise unhurt.

Math Wizard adds up PA Derby upset

by Teresa Genaro | Sep 21, 2019 | Breaking, PA Racing, Pennsylvania, Racing, Top Stories | 0 |

A $25,000 claim in January, Math WIzard became a Grade 1 winner Saturday by rallying to win the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing.

Street Band, Sophie Doyle making noise together in Cotillion

by Teresa Genaro | Sep 21, 2019 | Breaking, PA Racing, Pennsylvania, Racing, Top Stories | 0 |

When trainer Larry Jones saw how rider Sophie Doyle and 3-year-old filly Street Band got along, he didn’t realize the relationship would net a Grade 1 win.