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The Puma
20
Sep
  • Bodacious Bay (horse)
  • Cotillion S.
  • Javier Castellano
  • Parx Racing
  • Pennsylvania Derby
  • Pennsylvania horse racing
  • Saffie Joseph Jr.
  • The Puma (horse)

The Puma scores in Pennsylvania Derby

  • The Biz / 2 months
  • 0
  • 3 min read

The Puma earned the top-level win that had thus far eluded him in Saturday’s Pennsylvania Derby, while Bodacious Bay took the Cotillion.

Micanopy
18
Sep
  • Micanopy (horse)
  • Michael Simone
  • Parx Racing
  • Pennsylvania Derby
  • Pennsylvania horse racing

Micanopy gives Simone PA Derby puncher’s chance

  • The Biz / 2 months
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Onetime $8,000 claimer has been a “dream come true” for trainer Michael Simone, and now he’ll take a shot with him at the Pennsylvania Derby.

Micanopy
15
Sep
  • Further Ado (horse)
  • Iron Honor (horse)
  • Micanopy (horse)
  • Parx Racing
  • Pennsylvania Derby
  • Pennsylvania horse racing

Eleven look for breakthrough win in PA Derby

  • The Biz / 2 months
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Saturday’s $1 million, Grade 1 Pennsylvania Derby offers 11 three-year-olds a chance to land the win that changes their season.

Preakness 2024
05
Aug
  • Churchill Downs
  • Haskell
  • Maryland horse racing
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • New Jersey horse racing
  • NYRA
  • Pennsylvania Derby
  • Pennsylvania horse racing
  • Preakness
  • Thoroughbred Championship Series
  • Triple Crown

Churchill-NYRA series less than meets the eye?

  • Frank Vespe / 3 months
  • 3
  • 4 min read

The longer you look at it, the Churchill-NYRA announcement looks less like a masterstroke and more like a corporate fit of pique.

Baeza Pennsylvania Derby
21
Sep
  • Baeza (horse)
  • Hector Berrios
  • John Shirreffs
  • Parx Racing
  • Pennsylvania Derby
  • Pennsylvania horse racing

Baeza secures breakthrough win in PA Derby

  • The Biz / 1 year
  • 0
  • 2 min read

Baeza, second or third behind Sovereignty and Journalism in four straight, earned his first Grade 1 win in Saturday’s Pennsylvania Derby.

Baeza
19
Sep
  • Cotillion S.
  • Jessica Paquette
  • Parx Racing
  • Pennsylvania Derby
  • Pennsylvania horse racing

Prepping for “marathon” Pennsylvania Derby day

  • The Biz / 1 year
  • 0
  • 5 min read

We caught up with Parx Racing track announcer Jessica Paquette as she prepares for Saturday’s 15-race card featuring the Cotillion and PA Derby.

Magnitude
16
Sep
  • Baeza (horse)
  • Goal Oriented (horse)
  • Gosger
  • Magnitude
  • Parx Racing
  • Pennsylvania Derby
  • Pennsylvania horse racing

Contenders look for key win in Pennsylvania Derby

  • The Biz / 1 year
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Ten sophomores in search of their first Grade 1 win meet in Saturday’s Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing, with runners like Baeza seeking a breakthrough.

Seize the Grey
24
Sep
  • Bentornato
  • Cotillion S.
  • Gallant Bob S.
  • Next
  • Parx Racing
  • Pennsylvania Derby
  • Pennsylvania horse racing
  • Seize the Grey
  • Sunny Breeze
  • Thorpedo Anna
  • Tim Wooley

Pennsylvania Derby day in pictures

  • Allison Janezic / 2 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

Our photographer was on the scene for Pennsylvania Derby day (and Cotillion day) Saturday at Parx Racing. Here’s what she saw.

Mystic Lake
20
Sep
  • Bentornato
  • Coastal Mission
  • Cotillion S.
  • Gallant Bob S.
  • Greenwood Cup
  • Mystic Lake
  • Next
  • Parx Dirt Mile S.
  • Parx Racing
  • Pennsylvania Derby
  • Pennsylvania horse racing
  • Seven's Eleven
  • Thorpedo Anna
  • Uncle Heavy

Five questions for Pennsylvania Derby day

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 0
  • 7 min read

Saturday is the biggest day of the year for Parx racing, featuring the Pennsylvania Derby and Cotillion, and we have questions (and some horses to watch).

Maryland Juvenile Championship
15
Nov
  • Belmont Stakes
  • Dixieland Band
  • Federico Tesio S.
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Juvenile Championship
  • Pennsylvania Derby

BackTracks: Dixieland Band played on

  • Jennifer Kelly / 3 years
  • 3
  • 10 min read

In a new BackTracks: Maryland-bred Dixieland Band third-best in a class that included two Classic winners but went on to big success in the breeding shed.

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