Penn National, typically a nighttime track, will run daylight cards on four Saturdays this year: all three Triple Crown days, plus Penn Mile.
Trainer Michelle Castillo’s varied journey has brought her and 5-year-old Because He Can together – a partnership paying off for both of them.
Jockey Kevin Krigger, who piloted Goldencents in the ’13 Kentucky Derby and Preakness, is set to return after a two-year absence, having shifted his tack to Parx Racing.
Parx Racing, which slashed live racing days from 210 to 153 in 2016, will add 17 back next year to reach 170.
Controversial trainer Ramon Preciado — currently appealing eight recent clenbuterol positives — will lose his training license, per a state Racing Commission ruling issued today.
Trainer Richard Vega got the 1,000th win of his career today at Parx Racing — but not before sweating out an objection against his horse.
Saturday’s Pennsylvania Nursery Stakes went to Downhill Racer after he and rider Andrew Wolfsont found room along the inside.
Bug boy Luis Ocasio, 19, doesn’t talk much while learning the English language. But his riding skill say plenty and have him in the hunt for an Eclipse Award.
Shayjolie, a multiple graded stakes-placed stakes winner, is favored in a $54,000 allowace this afternoon at Parx Racing.
Candip won the Fabulous Strike last night at Penn National — one of three stakes on the night in which favorites were defeated.