2020 Eclipse Awards Finalists
(Featured photo by Anne M. Eberhardt, bloodhorse.com) Winners of the 2020 Eclipse Awards will be announced on January 28th, 2021, during a virtual ceremony hosted by Spendthrift Farm.2020 Eclipse Awards Finalists (in Alphabetical Order): Horse of the Year: Authentic, Improbable, Monomoy Girl 2-Year-Old Male: Essential
Frontside @ Parx
Weekly Highlights with Dani Gibson 1/21/2021 PTHA Trophy Race was won by PA Bred Lucky Olivia Rose with jockey Gerardo Milan going 1 mile at Parx Racing for $18,000 purse. Winning trainer Mario Dominguez and owner The Hakim's Stable LLC ran
Vequist An Eclipse Award Finalist
Featured photo by David Coyle, bloodhorse.comJanuary 18th, 2021Article by Dick Jerardi Vequist, who began her career at Parx and trained there before she won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies at Keeneland, was announced on Jan. 16 as a finalist for the
Frontside @ Parx
Weekly Racing Highlights with Dani Gibson 1/27/2021 PTHA Trophy Race at Parx Racing was won by Jump Shot for trainer Haleem Ricardo Lee & owner Lee Stables going 6 /12 furlongs for $18,000 purse. Ridden by jockey Silvestre Gonzalez who had
Vequist Crowned Champion 2-Year-Old Filly
Featured Photo by Barbara D. LivingstonFebruary 1st, 2021Article by Dick Jerardi In the end, the vote was not close. Vequist got 212 votes for champion 2-year-old filly; turf star Aunt Pearl got 24. Thus, a Parx-based horse has been named champion 2-year-old
Capo Kane Third in the Withers After Setting the Pace
February 8th, 2021Article by Dick JerardiFeatured Photo from bloodhorse.com There are several ways to look at Capo Kane’s third-place finish in Saturday’s Grade III Withers Stakes at Aqueduct. The 3-year-old colt seized the lead at the start, still held a comfortable
Frontside @ Parx
Weekly Racing Highlights with Dani Gibson Our 2/10/2021 PTHA Trophy Race was a $40,000 Maiden Special Weight, going 6 furlongs for 3 year olds and was won by Beren for trainer Butch Reid, Jr., owner/breeder St. Omer's Farm & Christopher Feifarek.
Senator Tommy Tomlinson Confident Race Horse Development Fund is Safe
February 15th, 2021Article by Dick Jerardi State Senator Tommy Tomlinson has been in the Pennsylvania legislature for 30 years, first in the House of Representatives and now serving his seventh term in the Senate, representing Bucks County. He knows precisely how
Miguel Penaloza Wins Big One at Laurel
February 23rd, 2021Article by Dick jerardi Like so many others in the sport, Parx trainer Miguel Penaloza had a rough 2020. After his stable had 37 wins and earned $1,261,787 in 2019, it was just nine wins last year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNnK7Hlco5c&feature=emb_logo Last Saturday, however,