Pennsylvania
Penn National to suspend racing temporarily
Penn National Race Course in Grantville, PA will suspend live racing as a result of the coronavirus, the track announced today.
Parx Racing suspended over coronavirus concerns
With fears of coronavirus shutting down most major sports, the show is going on in horseracing, except at Parx, which is shuttered.
Trainer Jamie Ness bags 3,000th win
With a combined total of five wins on Monday and Tuesday, trainer Jamie Ness reached the 3,000-win mark with a rush
Hands off Race Horse Development Fund, PA. racing folks say
More than 500 gathered at Equistar Farms (PA) Sunday to protest a proposal to fund college scholarships with money in the Race Horse Development Fund.
Parx riders, management strike deal, avert shutdown
A deal between Parx management and local jockeys to improve the jocks’ room and streamline background checks means Saturday’s card will take place.
Pennsylvania racing girds for key legislative fight
Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed 2020-21 budget would fund a $200 million college scholarship program by taking the money away Pennsylvania racing.
Hoppertunity sires first foal
Hoppertunity, an earner of more than $4 million on the racetrack, sired his first foal, a filly out of a stakes-winning mare.
Hockey Puck slips by in PA Nursery score
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
Normandy Invasion added to Pin Oak Lane Farm roster
Normandy Invasion, a graded stakes-placed son of Tapit, will stand stud at Pennsylvania’s Pin Oak Lane Farm in 2020.
Katie Davis “okay overall” after scary spill
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
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
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.
In Focus: Wagering Pennsylvania Derby Day 2019
Our In Focus guide offers in-depth, horse-by-horse analysis of all seven stakes on Pennsylvania Derby Day!
Maximum Security out but tough PA Derby field remains
Maximum Security, the morning line favorite, is out of Saturday’s G1 Pennsylvania Derby, but a tough field remains.
Top field set for Saturday’s Cotillion
Saturday’s Grade 1 Cotillion at Parx Racing features the undefeated Guarana, Kentucky Oaks winner Serengeti Empress, and 2-year-old filly champ Jaywalk.
