Parx Racing’s plan for a $20 million “Fall Festival” – coupled with reduced racing days – has received a generally (but not entirely) warm response.
What’s on tap: two graded stakes at Delaware, another at Parx, and more!
Saturday’s G3 Parx Dash will feature a number of familiar rivals, including the headliner: ageless Ben’s Cat.
What’s on tap: three graded events, Top Midlantic-breds, and more.
Under an agreement between Parx Racing and Pennsylvania horsemen, the track will run 156 live days in each of the next three years — down from 210 this year.
What’s on tap: the region’s stakes, Top Midlantic-breds, and more.
The closure of Suffolk Downs forced jockey Tammi Piermarini to move to Parx Racing, where former Suffolk jock Joe Hampshire is her agent, and both are thriving.
What’s on tap: PA-bred stakes, Top Midlantic-breds, and more.
A pair of added-money events for Pennsylvania-bred three-year-olds — the New Start for fillies and the Danzig — are co-featured tonight at Penn National.
Penn National’s gate crew staged a strike Saturday, protesting what they called unfair labor practices. But, belatedly, the show went on without them.