New York Horsemen Need Our Support
ATTENTION HORSEMEN The New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association needs the help of all PTHA members’ family and friends regarding the New York horsemen’s battle to retain Lasix in their racing program. Go to www.nytha.com. Click on the flashing “Keep Our Horse Safe” and enter the personal contact information necessary to send a letter to the [...]
“Save Our Funding”: An Equine Coalition Video Demonstrates Importance of Racing Industry in PA
The attached video (Save Our Funding) was produced by Let’s Go Racing’s Bruce Casella for the PA Equine Coalition. As the members of the PTHA are aware, major cuts to the Horse Racing Development Fund would be detrimental to our industry, which has created thousands of jobs and acres of Green Space in the Commonwealth [...]
PTHA & Chaplain’s Easter Party
Chaplain Rick Bunker officiated over the April 7 Easter Party in the Parx backstretch rec hall, entertaining over 150 children and their parents with egg hunts, games, crafts, and food. The annual event, sponsored by the PTHA and organized by Bunker and his many volunteers, featured boys and girls in their Easter finery enjoying the [...]
PA EQUINE COALITION RESPONDS TO NY TIMES ARTICLE
HARRISBURG, PA – The Pennsylvania Equine Coalition – a statewide group representing more than 10,000 trainers, owners and breeders of the horseracing industry in Pennsylvania – today called for a series of meetings on the state level made up of key stakeholders in the Pennsylvania horse racing industry with the goal of improving the health [...]
HPA Weekly Specials
WEEKLY SPECIALS 5/6/12* Fleece Yoke Cover Set $9.50 (was $10.25) Durex – Leg Paint $14.50 (was $15.50) Pyranha Fly Spray – Qt. $12.50 (was $13.50) Alfalfa Cubes – 50 lb. bag $12.85 (was 13.25) Probios powder 240 gr. $9.75 (was $10.95) NEW FEED! Respond High Grain $15.50/bag *While supplies last
CORBETT BUDGET: PROMISES MADE, PROMISES BROKEN
$72 million annual raid on Race Horse Development Fund will devastate horse racing and breeding and cost jobs in an industry that Corbett made a campaign pledge to support HARRISBURG, PA – The Pennsylvania Equine Coalition, a statewide group representing more than 10,000 trainers, owners and breeders of the horseracing industry in Pennsylvania, said today [...]
PA HORSEMEN’S GROUP: KELSEY LEFEVER CASE APPALLING,
RETIREMENT PROGRAM MAKES A DIFFERENCE BENSALEM, PA — Amid concerns on the state and national level about the practice of racehorse slaughter, the Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association (PTHA) announced today that nearly 700 horses have been safely retired through a program it implemented in May 2008 called Turning for Home. Since its creation just under [...]
2011 Horsemen’s Awards Banquet
Wednesday, March 14th 2012 6 to 10 pm at Celebrations, Bensalem, PA Honoring: Parx Racing’s Top Horses of 2011 Leading Trainers Leading Owners Leading Jockeys Cocktail Hour | Dinner | DJ | Silent Auction to Benefit Turning For Home Call the PTHA Office at: 215-638-2012 for Tickets
Cotillion Stakes Upgraded to Grade 1 For 2012
Greenwood H., Dr. Penny H., Smarty Jones S., Up to Grade 3 The North American Graded Stakes Committee recently upgraded the $750,000 Cotillion Stakes to Grade 1 status, due in part to the stellar fields of three-year-old fillies the race has attracted in recent seasons. Additionally, three other races were assigned Grade 3 status: the Smarty Jones [...]
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