Fire’s Finale went from worst to first to notch his second straight win, this afternoon in the Pennsylvania Nursery Stakes at Parx Racing.
In the otherwise nondescript fifth race Wednesday at Parx Racing, longshots came in first… and second… and third… and fourth… and fifth.
Keith Jones, the racecaller at Parx Racing for over 30 years, will retire at the end of 2020.
Mychel Sanchez, the leading rider at Parx Racing, will be out two weeks after a positive Covid-19 test – reportedly one of several at the track.
Young sire Peace and Justice, a son of War Front whose first crop are two-year-olds, will move for 2021 to Pennsylvania’s Blackstone Farm.
Chub Wagon’s victory at Parx Racing Monday afternoon gave trainer Guadalupe Preciado his 2,000th career win.
Wicked Strong, a millionaire on the racetrack who is 13th nationally among second-crop sires, will shift to Pennsylvania’s Pin Oak Lane Farm for 2021.
Pink Caddy won a rugged renewal of the Garofalo Memorial Stakes Monday at Parx Racing on Pennsylvania’s Day at the Races.
The former Northview-PA will remain a breeding operation under the new banner of Wellbourne Farms, the two operations announced.
A jockey at Parx Racing has tested positive for Covid-19, the track’s horsemen’s group said, but the track currently intends to continue racing.