Let’s Go Racing Show
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Mike Pino’s Been Winning Races for Decades
By Let's Go Racing Parx, 16th August 2020 By Dick Jerardi It was just about inevitable that Mike Pino would end up at the race track. “We were raised with horses,’’ he said. “My brother Mario is a jockey. I have another brother who
Nominations Close for PA-Day at the Races
Five PA Bred Stakes are to be run at Parx on Labor Day, Monday, September 7th 2020 Equibase Parx Nominations Banjo Picker Perhaps the greatest claim in the history of Philadelphia Park was the $15,000 slip dropped on Banjo Picker by trainer Steven
KENTUCKY DERBY Saturday
KENTUCKY DERBY FINALLY HERE
August 30th, 2020
BY Dick Jerardi
The Kentucky Derby is only four months late. In 2020, that’s progress
The three favorites in May would have been Nadal, Charlatan and Tiz the Law.
“The’’ favorite in September will be Tiz the Law.
Nadal and Charlatan finished first in divisions of the Arkansas Derby on what would have been Kentucky Derby Day in May. Nadal was injured in training shortly thereafter and retired. Charlatan had a less-serious injury but needed surgery and will miss the Ky. Derby.
Tiz the Law has missed nothing. The New York bred colt won the Belmont Stakes in June and the Travers in August, making him the first horse in history to win the Champagne, Florida Derby, Belmont and Travers. Tiz the Law will be a heavy favorite in the Derby.
Parx will be very well represented by the “other’’ New York bred in the race. Ny Traffic only cost $22,000. He has not won a stakes race. But don’t be fooled. This gray colt gets better with every start. If he can make one more jump, he has a chance in the Derby.
Ny Traffic made his career debut on Pennsylvania Derby Day almost one year ago. He broke his maiden in his next start at Parx and remained at the track with trainer Harry Wyner until he was sent to Florida to train with Saffie Joseph and prepare for a chance at the Derby.
If the race had been in May, Ny Traffic would have been in it, but probably would not have had a realistic chance to win. Even though he had won an optional claimer, finished third in the Risen Star and second in the Louisiana Derby, he just wasn’t fast enough.
Since then, Ny Traffic has finished second in the Matt Winn and second in the Haskell, one more jump from catching 3-5 favorite Authentic. The colt has gotten faster in each start. Now, he is firmly into Derby contender territory.
Ny Traffic is 90 percent owned by Parx regulars _ John Fanelli (50 percent), Chuck Zacney (20 percent) and Glenn Bennett (20 percent).
It was Zacney who explained to Fanelli before a maiden race on Oct. 12 at Parx how much he liked his colt Monday Morning Qb, not realizing at first that Fanelli had a horse in the race. Zacney’s horse ran well, but finished second to Ny Traffic. Zacney was interested in buying a piece of Ny Traffic. After Fanelli bought out his original partner, he did sell those percentages to Bennett and Zacney.
Now, all three of them, together with families and friends, will be at fan-less Churchill Downs Saturday to see if their New York bred can beat the other New York bred and the rest of the first (and hopefully last) September Derby field.
Three-year-olds in September are very different from 3-year-olds in May _ more mature physically, more racing experience, faster, just better in every way.
Tiz the Law was already a very good horse in May. He is a way better horse now.
Ny Traffic was a nice horse in May, a really good horse now.
Is that improvement enough to win the Derby? We’ll know by Saturday evening.
Trophy Race Winner Mr. Roundtree
The 9/23/2020 PTHA Trophy Race Winner at Parx Racing was 4 year old bay gelding Mr. Roundtree by Mineshaft trained by Parx Racing Hall of Fame trainer Philip Aristone & '19 Leading Parx owner Jack Armstrong. Ridden to victory by
WINNING OUT OF TOWN
Improbable at Parx (PTHA)
Swiss Skydiver wins the Preakness Stakes over Authentic and Jesus’ Team
Dick Jerardi Photo: Jockey Robby Albarado rides Swiss Skydiver ahead of John Velazquez and Authentic to win
The 2020 Finish Line
By Dick Jerardi In mid-March, when nearly every track in the country, with the notable exceptions of Gulfstream Park, Oaklawn Park and a few others, shut down for weeks or months, it was unclear if the Triple Crown or the Breeders’
Lupe Preciado Achieves 2,000th Win
Photo by Barbara Weidl BY Dick Jerardi Guadalupe Preciado’s first win as a trainer came at Philadelphia Park on June 4, 1989, with a first-time starter named Broadway Bouncer. His 2,000th win came at Parx Racing on Nov. 16, 2020, with a
A Lifetime With Horses
https://youtu.be/kxanRg9igCE A Lifetime of Horsesby Dick JerardiBobbi Anne Hawthorne has been a licensed trainer for three decades. She has been around horses essentially forever. “My mother trained horses as well,’’ she explained in the shedrow of her immaculate Parx barn. “We did