50th Annual Eclipse Awards Taking Place This Thursday!
The 50th Annual Eclipse Awards will take place this Thursday evening, January 28th at 8pm ET on TVG. Winners for the year 2020 will be announced across 17 human and equine categories.
Frontside @ Parx
Weekly Racing Highlights with Dani Gibson 1/27/2021 PTHA Trophy Race at Parx Racing was won by Jump Shot for trainer Haleem Ricardo Lee & owner Lee Stables going 6 /12 furlongs for $18,000 purse. Ridden by jockey Silvestre Gonzalez who had
Vequist Crowned Champion 2-Year-Old Filly
Featured Photo by Barbara D. LivingstonFebruary 1st, 2021Article by Dick Jerardi In the end, the vote was not close. Vequist got 212 votes for champion 2-year-old filly; turf star Aunt Pearl got 24. Thus, a Parx-based horse has been named champion 2-year-old
Longtime New Jersey Horseman John Forbes Passes Away at 73
On January 31st, longtime trainer John Forbes passed away at the age of 73, after his battle with cancer. He was a top trainer, and president of the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association. https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/245986/veteran-new-jersey-horseman-forbes-dies-at-73
Track is Open!
The track is open again for training at Parx Racing after a snowy week. John Servis trainee Trainer Melecio Saldano-Guerrero Trainer Juan Vazquez Trainer Marya Montoya Exercise riders for trainer Danny Velazquez Tyler Servis trainee Harry Wyner trainee with Capo Kane
Capo Kane Third in the Withers After Setting the Pace
February 8th, 2021Article by Dick JerardiFeatured Photo from bloodhorse.com There are several ways to look at Capo Kane’s third-place finish in Saturday’s Grade III Withers Stakes at Aqueduct. The 3-year-old colt seized the lead at the start, still held a comfortable