Onetime Kentucky Derby-Preakness runner Ny Traffic has found a new niche sprinting, and he headlines two MATCH Series stakes Friday at Penn National.
MATCH Series actions shifts to Penn National for Friday night, as the track hosts the Susquehanna Valley and Chocolatetown for older sprinters.
Wow Whata Summer, off at 83-1, conjured up memories of Rich Strike’s Kentucky Derby when he scored in Friday’s Grade 2 Penn Mile.
Penn National’s biggest night of the racing year is Friday, featuring the Penn Mile and several other stakes. Some thoughts on the turf stakes.
Trainers Chuck Lawrence and McLane Hendriks – godfather and godson- are hoping to compromise the Penn Mile exacta with Wow Whata Summer and Witty.
With a win in Wednesday’s third race at Penn National, jockey David Cora posted the 2,500th victory of his career.
Disco Ebo won for the third consecutive race Friday at Penn National, scoring decisively in the Shamrock Rose Stakes.
Penn National and Presque Isle Downs will both add days after their respective requests were approved by the Pennsylvania Racing Commission.
Penn National will implement the new software-based HeadCheck health program to optimize concussion and injury management for jockeys.
Rains forced the Penn Mile from the turf to the main track, but that played right into Gershwin’s hands, as he was a dominant winner.