EPICENTER CLEARLY THE BEST
By Dick JerardiEpicenter was the most consistent 3-year-old in the winter andspring. Now, in late summer, it can be said definitively that Epicenter issimply the best of his generation.With a bit more racing luck, Epicenter could be 7-for-7 in 2022.There
MIKE BALLEZZI’S LASTING IMPACT AT PARX
Michael P. Ballezzi, Sr. Esq., age 76, on August 31, 2022 of Phoenixville, formerly of Upper Darby, PA. Michael was a District Magistrate and member of The PA Thoroughbred Horseman’s Assoc. “PTHA”. Survived by his wife Ardith “Ardie” (nee Cann), his
FLIGHTLINE IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
By Dick JerardiChampions,’’ a Daily Racing Form publication, subtitled "The Lives, Times and Past Performances of America’s GreatestThoroughbreds,’’ is a wonderful resource that I have used countlesstimes through the years. It chronicles America’s greatest horses from the1890s to the 2000s.When Flightline
THE BEST EVER DAY AT PARX
Gun Runner sends his kids out to romp September 26th, 2022 By Dick Jerardi The first Saturday of autumn was grand and glorious and, without any doubt, the greatest day in the history of Keystone/Philadelphia Park/Parx Racing. The first of 128 horses in the
LOTS TO BE THANKFUL FOR AT PARX
By Dick Jerardi Starting the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and ending with theTuesday after Thanksgiving, five stakes were conducted at Parx and twoParx-based horses won out-of-town stakes.Tuesday's $200,000 Pennsylvania Nursery for Pennsylvania bred2-year-olds at Parx was the grand finale of the stakes
PARX HANDLE NUMBERS UP AGAIN IN 2022
by Dick Jerardi It was going to be hard to top the 2021 average daily handle numbers on Parx races which were up more than 70 percent from 2019. But thanks to a flying start on the three days right after