Legislation that would provide relief to Pennsylvania breeders awaiting long-delayed bonus payments took a step forward today but still has a ways to go.
A big crowd, Songbird, and Nyquist attended Pennsylvania Derby day, making for great fun, says Teresa Genaro. But she wonders: should we reward a track that otherwise cares “little about horse racing?’
Connect, crushed last out in the Travers, scored a 10-1 upset in today’s G2 Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing.
Songbird remained unbeaten with yet another facile score today in the G1 Cotillion Stakes at Parx Racing.
Undefeated Songbird is the overwhelming favorite in the Grade 1 Cotillion, while Kentucky Derby champ Nyquist heads the G2 Pennsylvania Derby.
The Grade 1 Cotillion and Grade 2 Pennsylvania Derby look to attract some of the top three-year-old talent in the country.
Pennsylvania-bred Lucy N Ethel improved to four-for-four and earned her second graded victory in Saratoga’s G2 Prioress Sunday.
Cathryn Sophia was tons the best in winning the Princess of Sylmar yesterday at Parx. Next up: a showdown with undefeated Songbird in the Cotillion.
With its moves in late July, the Pennsylvania Racing Commission made the state the 10th to adopt all tenets of the national uniform medication program.
The fix to Pennsylvania’s breeding impasse must come from the legislature, Governor Tom Wolf said in a strongly worded letter to the state breeders group.