Notes from Pennsylvania Derby day
Some news, notes, and observations from a rainy, messy but exciting day at Parx Racing, where the Pennsylvania Derby was run Saturday.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Sep 25, 2023 | Breaking, Bylined Other, PA Racing, Pennsylvania, Racing | 0 |
Some news, notes, and observations from a rainy, messy but exciting day at Parx Racing, where the Pennsylvania Derby was run Saturday.
Read MoreWe caught up with Parx Racing track announcer Jessica Paquette on the eve of her becoming the first woman to call a US Grade 1 race.
Read Moreby Mike Valiante | Sep 22, 2023 | Breaking, Handicapping, PA Racing, Pennsylvania | 0 |
Saturday’s Parx Racing card features the Grade 1 Cotillion and Grade 1 Pennsylvania Derby, making it the biggest day of the year at the Bensalem track.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Sep 19, 2023 | Breaking, Bylined Race Preview, PA Racing, Pennsylvania | 0 |
Saturday’s PA Derby day card at Parx Racing has intriguing showdowns throughout the card, including in the Cotillion, where two G1 winners square off.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Sep 19, 2022 | Breaking, PA Racing, Pennsylvania, Racing | 0 |
The top two finishers in the Haskell, Cyberknife and Taiba, will renew acquaintances in Saturday’s Grade 1 Pennsylvania Derby.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Sep 27, 2021 | Breaking, PA Racing, Pennsylvania, Racing | 0 |
Hot Rod Charlie got — at long last — his Grade 1 triumph in Saturday’s Pennsylvania Derby. He wasn’t the day’s only “at long last” winner by any means.
Read MoreThough he was installed as the morning line favorite, Medina Spirit will not race in the Pennsylvania Derby, trainer Bob Baffert said.
Read MoreSaturday’s Grade 1 Cotillion Stakes has attracted seven graded winners, including G1 winner Maracuja and Black-Eyed Susan winner Army Wife.
Read Moreby Jennifer Kelly | Sep 23, 2020 | Breaking, Features, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |
BackTracks focuses on Midlantic racing history. Today, Shuvee, the filly who, like her sire Nashua, is one of the few to repeat in the Jockey Club Gold Cup.
Read Moreby Jennifer Kelly | Aug 20, 2020 | Breaking, Features, Regionwide, Top Stories | 1 |
Our BackTracks column focuses on Midlantic racing history. Today, Susan’s Girl, the two-time DelCap winner and first filly millionaire.
Read Moreby Chelsea Lowman | Aug 13, 2020 | Breaking, Business, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |
Fasig-Tipton combines two sales, Parx Racing cancels two G1 races, and more, in the week in social media.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Aug 8, 2020 | Breaking, Business, PA Business, Pennsylvania | 0 |
Pennsylvania’s top two races, the Grade 1 Pennsylvania Derby and Cotillion, will not be contested in 2020, the track announced this week.
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