With fears of coronavirus shutting down most major sports, the show is going on in horseracing, except at Parx, which is shuttered.
With a combined total of five wins on Monday and Tuesday, trainer Jamie Ness reached the 3,000-win mark with a rush
A deal between Parx management and local jockeys to improve the jocks’ room and streamline background checks means Saturday’s card will take place.
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.
Jockey Roberto Rosado Rosado secured his 1,000th career victory, while Paco Lopez secured the Monmouth Park 2019 riding title with two wins on Sunday.
Math Wizard adds up a PA Derby upset, Bourbon Courage slurps up his first stake win as a sire, and the sale beckons, in the Week in social media.
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.
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.
Our photographers are here, there and everywhere today and have the scene from the PA Derby, Charles Town Oaks, and De Francis Dash.
Graded stakes top the news, including two Grade 1s and more, in the Week in social media.