**ATTENTION HORSEMEN** – Effective 4/1/21 – Lasix Banned in Two-Year-Olds & Graded Thoroughbred Stakes Races
Starting April 1st, 2021, the use of Lasix is banned for 2-year-old thoroughbred horses racing in Pennsylvania thoroughbred racetracks, as well as the use of Lasix in Graded Stakes Races conducted in Pennsylvania. Read More: PHRC-Administrative-Policy-SHRC-2021-1-Lasix-Notice-PA-Bulletin-3-6-21-editionDownload
#ROAR FOR LEO
On January 10, 2020, Nicole Sasse, our beloved PTHA office secretary, and her fiancé Ryan Oliver received devastating news. Their 2-year-old son, Leo, was admitted to Children's hospital of Philadelphia due to him urinating blood. Initial testing showed that Leo
$1Million PA Derby and $1Million Cotillion Stakes Highlight 2012 Fall Festival
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
$2 Million in Purses, PA-Day at the Races, Smarty Jones Day
By Dick Jerardi Not the remnants of Hurricane Henri that took all the races off the grass nor the postponement by a week of the $2000,000 Grade III Parx Dash could undercut the enthusiasm at the track when Parx returned after