Pennsylvania
Parx Racing picks and horses to watch: July 7
We’ve got Parx Racing picks today as the track presents a 10-race Tuesday card. Check out the late Pick 3.
Parx Racing set to allow fans back
Fans and bettors will be permitted to attend the races at Parx Racing — with restrictions — starting Monday, July 6, the local horsemen’s group says.
Parx Racing picks: Late pick 3, June 30
We’ve got Parx Racing picks today as the track presents a 10-race Tuesday card. Check out the late Pick 3.
Parx Racing picks: Late pick 3
We’ve got Parx Racing picks today as the track returns to action for the first time since March. Check out the late Pick 3.
Penn National set for June 19 return
With a three-month hiatus in the books because of the coronavirus pandemic, Penn National will resume live racing on Friday, June 19.
Parx Racing, Penn Natl. get green light to race
The horsemen’s groups for Parx Racing and Penn National said in separate statements that they’ve received the state go-ahead to resume racing.
Penn National horsemen hope to run soon
Penn National could reopen for racing as soon as June 19, according to a Saturday tweet from the head of the local HBPA.
Pennsylvania racing inches closer to return
Horsemen struck an optimistic tone for the return of Pennsylvania racing at Penn National and Presque Isle after a May 28 meeting.
Penn Mile to be canceled
With no clear date for racing to return announced, Penn National announced that its annual marquee event, the Penn Mile, would be canceled this year.
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.
