CHAPLAIN’S CORNER
By Rev. Dr. Rick Bunker, Chaplain Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude ofthanksgiving – Colossians 4:2 Have you heard about the guy who was grateful for having been bitten by a great whiteshark? I know it sounds
NEW OWNERSHIP GROUP FOR DELAWARE PARK APPEARS BEFORE COMMISSION
By: Tom LaMarra Officials with the two entities that are in the process of purchasing Casino at Delaware Park for an undisclosed price told state regulators Nov. 17 they intend to maintain the tradition of live racing and perhaps make some
2021 Chaplain’s Children’s Christmas Party!
The Chaplains Annual Christmas party returns to the people of the backstretch!Make sure to sign-up your child for a Christmas gift at the Backstretch Rec-Hall before the DECEMBER 7TH Deadline! Also get the chance to win some amazing door prizes!
FIVE STAKES RACES ADDED TO YEAR-END CARDS AT PARX RACING
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 Bensalem, PA – Parx Racing will close out 2021 with a pair of loaded cards featuring five $100,000 stakes races over the course of two days, December 28-29. The added year-end stakes races will offer
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
NOVEMBER AROUND THE OVALS
(Disco Ebo #8 with Jomar Torres riding won the $200,000 Shamrock Rose Stakes at Penn National Racecourse on Friday November 26, 2021. Photo By Bill Denver/EQUI-PHOTO) November 28th - Parx racing was well represented at Aqueduct in the $200,000
PARX, PENN NATIONAL AWARDED 2022 LIVE RACING DATES
By: Tom LaMarra Posted: Dec. 1, 2022 The Pennsylvania Horse Racing Commission Nov. 30 approved 2022 racing dates for Parx Racing and Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course and will address an application from Presque Isle Downs & Casino at its
4 Parx Horses Headed to Claiming Crown
Blue-Collar Horses Ready for Claiming Crown Spotlight Gulfstream hosts nine starter stakes worth $810,000 to celebrate blue-collar horses. Very much the poster horse for what the annual Claiming Crown at Gulfstream Park represents, Mastic Beach Racing's Tune In will seek his seventh win in his last 10
Michael P. Ballezzi Retiring After 25 Years as Executive Director of Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association
By: Pete Peterson BENSALEM, PA (November 30, 2021) – Over the course of his tenure as Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association (PTHA), Michael P. Ballezzi, Esq. has been an unrelenting champion of horsemen, the sport of horseracing and
RISING STAR WITTY DELIVERS IN $200,000 PENNSYLVANIA NURSERY STAKES
(Witty opening up for a dominant win) For Immediate Release: Tuesday, December 7, 2021 Witty, a half-brother to graded stakes winner Caravel, handily defeated nine rivals in the $200,000 Pennsylvania Nursery Stakes at Parx Racing in a five and a half length triumph. A