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Eighth Wonder Parx
16
Jun
  • Eighth Wonder
  • John Servis
  • Miss Inclusive
  • Parx Oaks
  • Parx Racing
  • Pennsylvania horse racing
  • Pennsylvania Racing Commission

Preposterous Parx Oaks fiasco reaches absurd ending

  • Frank Vespe / 8 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

For wagering purposes, Miss Inclusive won the 2016 Parx Oaks. For purse money purposes, Eighth Wonder did. And for race records? Both of ’em won.

The Man
09
May
  • Glenn Brok
  • John Servis
  • Pennsylvania horse racing
  • The Man

Who’s The Man?

  • Linda Dougherty / 8 years
  • 0
  • 7 min read

Who’s The Man? The Man, who’s won three straight with consummate ease, may well be the man.

Cathryn Sophia
19
Jan
  • Bob Manfuso
  • Cathryn Sophia
  • Chuck Zacney
  • John Servis
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Top Midlantic-bred Poll

Best description of Cathryn Sophia? Racehorse

  • Frank Vespe / 9 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

Talent is one thing; wanting to win’s another. The talented Cathryn Sophia, said her trainer admiringly, was “a racehorse.”

19
Jan
  • Bob Manfuso
  • Cathryn Sophia
  • Chuck Zacney
  • Cricket Goodall
  • John Servis
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Top Midlantic-bred Poll

Cathryn Sophia named Top Midlantic-bred for 2016

  • Press Release / 9 years
  • 0
  • 7 min read

Maryland-bred Cathryn Sophia has been named the Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred/The Racing Biz Top Midlantic-bred of 2016.

Cathryn Sophia
23
Dec
  • Ben's Cat
  • Cathryn Sophia
  • John Servis
  • King Leatherbury
  • Lady Sabelia
  • Mary Eppler
  • Michael Dickinson
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Old Dominion Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
  • Page McKenney
  • Robin Graham
  • Tim Valente
  • Timonium

2016 in review: Of controversies, freaks, and madmen

  • Frank Vespe / 9 years
  • 0
  • 9 min read

Part 1 of 4 of our 2016 in review, in which we take a sometimes happy, sometimes sad, and most often bemused look at the year that was in the mid-Atlantic.

27
Jun
  • John Servis
  • Maryland Horse Breeders Association
  • Maryland horse racing
  • MHBA Yearling Show

Sagamore filly earns MHBA Yearling Show honors

  • Press Release / 9 years
  • 0
  • 7 min read

A big group of horses came out for the Maryland Horse Breeders Association’s 82nd annual yearling show, and a Sagamore Farm filly took top honors.

John Servis
09
May
  • John Servis
  • Maryland Horse Breeders Association
  • Maryland horse racing
  • MHBA Yearling Show

John Servis to judge MHBA Yearling Show

  • The Biz / 9 years
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Trainer John Servis — conditioner of Kentucky Oaks winner Cathryn Sophia — will judge the Maryland Horse Breeders Association’s annual yearling show.

Monster Sleeping
08
May
  • John Servis
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • My Juliet S.
  • Parx Derby
  • Parx Oaks

Yesterday and today: May 8 racing highlights

  • The Biz / 9 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

Yesterday and Today highlights the best of yesterday’s mid-Atlantic racing and looks ahead to today’s action.

Cathryn Sophia
06
May
  • Cathryn Sophia
  • Chuck Zacney
  • Churchill Downs
  • Javier Castellano
  • John Servis
  • Kentucky Oaks
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Triple Crown Trail 2016

Maryland-bred Cathryn Sophia scores in Kentucky Oaks

  • The Biz / 9 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Maryland-bred Cathryn Sophia, a $30,000 auction purchase, scored one for the little guys by romping home to win the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks today.

Cathryn Sophia
05
May
  • Cathryn Sophia
  • John Servis
  • Kentucky Oaks
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing

Servis: Cathryn Sophia “deserves a shot”

  • Gary Quill / 9 years
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Though questions abound about the ability of Maryland-bred Cathryn Sophia to get the 9-furlong distance of the Kentucky Oaks, her trainer says she deserves the shot at G1 glory.

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Two inducted into Md. Thoroughbred Hall.

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Fast start but “something to prove”.

03
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Lizzie Merryman zooms to a big.

04
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Charlene’s Dream living up to her.

05
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“Next part of life is waiting,”.

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For trainer Kenny Black, a life.

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