Tag: Pennsylvania Derby

By Richard Rosenblatt It’s been a busy news week in horse racing leading up to the weekend schedule, which features the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1) at Parx on Saturday – a race that was …

By Ed McNamara It’s been 17 years since the beloved Smarty Jones turned Philadelphia Park from an obscure outpost into the staging area for a Triple Crown bid. I was there for his final workout …

By Mike Farrell Medina Spirit comes east Saturday to headline the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1) at Parx Racing. He also arrives with a whole lot of off-track baggage. Don’t blame the colt. He’s as …

By Mike Farrell Medina Spirit was set to come east Saturday to headline the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1) at Parx Racing. He would have arrived with a whole lot of off-track baggage. Now he’s …

By Richard Rosenblatt The $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) has a rich history of champions, from Man o’ War to Kelso to Forego to Cigar to Curlin. Triple Crown winners – five of them, …

By US Racing Team Math Wizard came sweeping around the final turn on the far outside and poured on the speed in the stretch to pull off a huge upset in the $1 million Pennsylvania …

By Richard Rosenblatt Updated: Maximum Security will miss Saturday’s $1 million Pennsylvania Derby after suffering through a “severe, acute bout of colic,’’ but the Florida Derby and Haskell Invitational winner should be recovered in a …

By Richard Rosenblatt Maximum Security is out of Saturday’s $1 million Pennsylvania Derby after it was revealed he is suffering from a colon ailment that is not considered life-threatening. The announcement was made Tuesday in …

By US Racing Team The $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1) for 3-year-olds is Saturday at Parx Racing, located just outside Philadelphia. The post-position draw was held Monday, and a field of seven was entered for …

By Richard Rosenblatt Preakness winner War of Will is ready. So is Maximum Security, the first-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby. Improbable is probably in, too. The $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1) at Parx Racing …

The Pennsylvania Derby (GI), held every September at Parx Racing, is for many a last-ditch effort to get a rich Derby win for the best of the year’s sophomore crop. With Triple Crown winner Justify …

The top three finishers from this year’s Kentucky Derby (GI) — Nyquist, Exaggerator and Gun Runner — all meet up for the last time as sophomores in the last major dirt derby of the year …

On Saturday, the Grade I, $1 million Cotillion Stakes for three-year-old fillies will be run at Parx Casino and Racing at a mile and a sixteenth. Despite the fact that it is the only Grade …