PERFECT PENNSYLVANIA DERBY DAY
By Dick Jerardi Perfect rarely happens in life or at the race track. Perfect happened last Saturday at Parx on Pennsylvania Derby Day. It was a gloriously brilliant day with 13 races that stretched over 6 1/2 hours. The
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TENTH PARX HALL OF FAME CLASS
TENTH PARX HALL OF FAME CLASS October 13th, 2021 By Dick Jerardi When the first Parx Hall of Fame Class was inducted a decade ago, it included such legendary horses as Smarty Jones and My Juliet, trainers John Servis and Scott Lake, jockeys
2021 Breeders’ Cup
November 2nd, 2021 By Dick Jerardi The Parx Breeders’ Cup winning streak will end at three, but the wins by Jaywalk, Spun to Run and Vequist will live on. Unless there are multiple late scratches in the Turf Sprint, no Parx-based horses will
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
MY 2021 ECLIPSE AWARDS BALLOT
By Dick Jerardi December 19th, 2021 Got my 2021 Eclipse Awards ballot the other day and, as I began to pour over the past performances of the horses and humans in various categories, I began to marvel at what a great year
PARX POST CHRISTMAS STAKES TREAT
by Dick Jerardi When those five new stakes, worth $100,000 each, were announced for the Tuesday and Wednesday after Christmas at Parx, the anticipation from owners and trainers was an older version of kids waiting on Christmas presents. The difference was
PARX 2021 HANDLE NUMBERS UP DRAMATICALLY
By Dick Jerardi When the decision was made to go exclusively with a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday schedule at Parx in 2021, the hope was that Wednesdays, without so much competition, would be much more successful than Saturdays with all the competition. Hope
Da Hoss gone at age 30
Enjoy this recap in tribute to one of the greats