Candip won the Fabulous Strike last night at Penn National — one of three stakes on the night in which favorites were defeated.
Jockey Trevor McCarthy won five times at Parx Racing yesterday — for five different trainers, with none of the winners shorter than 7-2 odds.
La Vitesse won a Parx allowance last out by 14 lengths. She’ll look to validate that Wednesday in the Blue Mountain Juvenile Fillies at Penn National.
Wednesday’s Swatara Stakes at Penn National has drawn a full field of 10, headlined by West Virginia-bred Charitable Annuity.
Weekend Hideaway is the lukewarm morning line favorite in a full field for Penn National’s Thanksgiving eve Fabulous Strike Handicap.
The Fabulous Strike, anchoring Penn National’s Thanksgiving eve card, looks to draw a big field, as do two undercard stakes.
Pennsylvania-based stallion Uptowncharlybrown has his first winner, as True Sweetheart won a maiden claiming race at Parx at first asking.
Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint entrant Finest City — a PA-bred originally named City Envy — carries breeder Hank Nothhaft’s hopes into the fray.
The Pennsylvania legislature on Wednesday that will end the impasse that has kept breeders from receiving bonus moneys owed them; now it’s on to the Governor.
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.