Leo the Lion
by Nicole Sasse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3XbozS1wks Watch the trailer from former PTHA secretary Nicole Sasse on her experience with childhood cancer and read about her brave fight to raise awareness and fight for more funding for cancer research dedicated to childhood cancers and the
Turning For Home Day A Huge Success Again
June 23rd, 2021by Dick Jerardi The weather could have been better, but the cause is so good that nothing really was going to stop the celebration that is Turning For Home Day at Parx. It was Tuesday, with a terrific card that
Parx Racing Leaderboards
Parx Racing Leaders as of June 24th, 2021
AAEP Issues Updated Equine Euthanasia Guidelines
https://aaep.org/guidelines/euthanasia-guidelines
Kirkpatrick & Co. Presents in Their Care: Secretariat and Sweat Taught Reid Everything She Knows
If only she knew then what she knows now. That may be Virginia Reid's only lament as she reflects on her 49 years at the racetrack. Reid, the wife of veteran Parx-based trainer Robert “Butch” Reid, is widely known as “Ginny.”
Did you see the latest PTHA Newsletter?
Did you miss any of the thirty or so PTHA Newsletters which have gone out bi-weekly this year? You may have missed many medication updates, news stories, Trainer notices, and plenty of updates on the goings-on at Parx Racing! Newsletter
Medication Infractions in Pennsylvania Deemed Minor
The Pennsylvania State Horse Racing Commission reported June 29 that during investigations conducted over the previous month there were no substantive medication violations at Parx Racing or Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course, the two in-state Thoroughbred tracks which are conducting live racing
U.S. House Passes Amendment To Effectively Ban Horse Slaughter
An amendment that would ban the transportation of horses across state lines or to Canada or Mexico for slaughter for human consumption passed the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday. The amendment is part of the Investing in a New Vision
THA to Host Continuing Education Webinar on Compounded Medications,Monday, July 12 at 2-3 p.m. ET
The Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association will host an onlineContinuing Education webinar on “Compounded Medications:What Trainers Need to Know” on Monday, July 12, from 2-3 p.m.ET. Trainers and assistant trainers who participate will earn one(1) hour of CE credit toward the annual