2022 Stallion & Boarding Farm Directory
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Condolences to the Family and Friends of Tommy Creel
We are sorry to learn that former Parx assistant racing secretary Tom Creel has passed away. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends in this difficult time. Funeral arrangements to be posted.
YOUNG ANDY HERNANDEZ RIDING LIKE A VETERAN
November 21st, 2021 By Dick Jerardi Andy Hernandez rode his first race on April 1 at Gulfstream Park. He rode race No. 130 last Wednesday at Parx. Hernandez does not ride like an inexperienced jockey. He looks good on a horse, makes
Butch Reid Finishing Off Career Year
November 29th, 2021 By Dick Jerardi So what do you do for an encore after training the Eclipse Award-winning 2-year-old filly in 2020? Just have the best year of your career. With just a month to go in 2021, Butch Reid needs a
NOVEMBER AROUND THE OVALS
(Disco Ebo #8 with Jomar Torres riding won the $200,000 Shamrock Rose Stakes at Penn National Racecourse on Friday November 26, 2021. Photo By Bill Denver/EQUI-PHOTO) November 28th - Parx racing was well represented at Aqueduct in the $200,000
PARX, PENN NATIONAL AWARDED 2022 LIVE RACING DATES
By: Tom LaMarra Posted: Dec. 1, 2022 The Pennsylvania Horse Racing Commission Nov. 30 approved 2022 racing dates for Parx Racing and Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course and will address an application from Presque Isle Downs & Casino at its
Michael P. Ballezzi Retiring After 25 Years as Executive Director of Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association
By: Pete Peterson BENSALEM, PA (November 30, 2021) – Over the course of his tenure as Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association (PTHA), Michael P. Ballezzi, Esq. has been an unrelenting champion of horsemen, the sport of horseracing and
RISING STAR WITTY DELIVERS IN $200,000 PENNSYLVANIA NURSERY STAKES
(Witty opening up for a dominant win) For Immediate Release: Tuesday, December 7, 2021 Witty, a half-brother to graded stakes winner Caravel, handily defeated nine rivals in the $200,000 Pennsylvania Nursery Stakes at Parx Racing in a five and a half length triumph. A
Horse Hay Survey
The Penn State Extension Equine Team has launched a survey aimed at both Pennsylvania horse owners/managers and producers/sellers of horse hay. The objective of this survey is to get information about opinions and practices when it comes to buying, selling,
The Sad Ending to the Medina Spirit Saga
By Dick Jerardi When it was announced on Friday, Dec. 3 by Bob Baffert’s attorney Craig Robertson that Dr. George Maylin, the director of the New York Drug Testing and Research Program, had determined that the anti-inflammatory betamethasone present in Medina