Penn National-based trainer Bernie Houghton brought two horses to run in Saturday’s $100,000 Plum Pretty Stakes at Parx Racing. The most prominent was 5-year-old Bound, who won last year’s Plum Pretty and captured the $121,000 Northern Fling at Presque Isle Downs this summer. Bound beat just one horse as the 5-2 second choice on Saturday, Read more »
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Edge of Reality enjoys return to statebred ranks in Robellino
Edge of Reality, facing Pennsylvania-breds for the first time since winning the Alphabet Soup Handicap in September 2014, overshadowed top two favorites Granny’s Kitten and Saratoga Jack to score at 5-1 in Saturday’s $100,000 Robellino Stakes at Penn National. Winless in five starts since taking an overnight stakes on the main track at Parx Racing Read more »
Lucabunny comes back quickly to score at 25-1 in Malvern Rose
Lucabunny, wheeling back just six days after winning her maiden sprinting 5 1/2 furlongs, pulled off a huge upset going a mile in Sunday night’s $100,000 Malvern Rose Stakes for Pennsylvania-bred 3-year-old fillies at Presque Isle Downs. Trainer Nick Caruso said he felt the race flow in the Malvern Rose would favor a horse like Read more »
Fat Kat too quick for rivals in Power By Far
Fat Kat, winless in three previous tries on turf, including a ninth-place finish as the 2-1 favorite in this same stakes last year, displayed outstanding speed in a front-running victory in the Power By Far, the first of two $100,000 stakes for Pennsyvlania-breds on Saturday’s program at Parx Racing. Outbreaking the field of six fillies Read more »
Dynamic Strike repeats in Leemat Stakes
Dynamic Strike, making his first start since he was claimed for $32,000 on May 20 in Maryland, won the $100,000 Leemat Stakes for Pennsylvania-breds for the second straight year on Sunday night at Presque Isle Downs. Bound, with Julio Hernandez aboard, defeats R Frosty One by a half-length in the Northern Fling for fillies and Read more »
PA-Bred Stakes Schedule Begins in Earnest
The 2016 Pennsylvania-bred stakes schedule, valued at $2.2 million, kicked off May 28 at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course and will continue June 4 at Parx Racing. There are 22 stakes, each worth $100,000, on this year’s schedule; five of them will make up Pennsylvania’s Day at the Races Sept. 3 at Parx. Each Read more »