Parx Racing’s plan for a $20 million “Fall Festival” – coupled with reduced racing days – has received a generally (but not entirely) warm response.
Claiming activity dipped in June after its huge May increase but still remained strong, in our Claimbox report.
What’s on tap: PA-bred stakes, Top Midlantic-breds, and more.
A pair of added-money events for Pennsylvania-bred three-year-olds — the New Start for fillies and the Danzig — are co-featured tonight at Penn National.
Claiming activity jumped nearly 50 percent in May, in our Claimbox report.
Penn National’s gate crew staged a strike Saturday, protesting what they called unfair labor practices. But, belatedly, the show went on without them.
We’ll be keeping you up to date on the day’s undercard stakes from Penn Mile night here.
Quality Rocks and Prize Exhibit – both competitors in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf – are the top two choices in Saturday’s Penn Oaks.
Albano, Kid Cruz, and Golden Lad headline a deep edition of the Mountainview Handicap, to be run Saturday evening at Penn National.