Saturday afternoon at Parx  provided a “daily double” of breathtaking finishes, as undefeated Miss Aurelia battled head to head to score over Questing in the $1 million G1 Cotillion, and 19-1 Handsome Mike, with just a maiden win to his credit, scored by two lengths over Travers Stakes winner Golden Ticket in the $1 million [...]

On June 30, Governor Tom Corbett approved the Pennsylvania State budget without diverting the earlier proposed $72 million from the Race Horse Development Fund, instead taking $5 million only to allocate to PA Fairs and the PA State Farm Products Show Funds. “The horsemen of the Commonwealth appreciate the state legislators who proved their understanding [...]

For the first time, the Gr.2 $1,00,000 PA Derby and the Gr.1 $1,000,000 Cotillion Stakes are scheduled on the same “super Saturday,” September 22, highlighting the 2012 Parx Fall Festival of Racing, and will be covered live on television by Philly 57. “We have scheduled both races six weeks before the Breeders’ Cup, and have [...]

HARRISBURG, PA – The Pennsylvania Equine Coalition continues to move forward with the development of recommendations and action items to improve the health and safety of horses, jockey and harness drivers in Pennsylvania.  The coalition recently convened a meeting of key stakeholders that included representatives from the Pennsylvania horsemen and equine breeding associations, race track operators, [...]

A good time was had by all who attended last Friday’s Memorial Day picnic, an annual affair sponsored by the PTHA and Parx Racing. Most favorite food on the menu (all of which was cooked to perfection and served by the friendly people who work for Ron’s Backstretch Cafe)? It was a tie between the [...]

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 [...]

$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 [...]