For Immediate Release: Saturday, December 3, 2016 DOWNHILL RACER RALLIES TO WIN PA NURSERY Buttonwood Farm’s Downhill Racer overcame several issues throughout the seven furlong $100,000 Pennsylvania Nursery Stakes, caught leader Heat Dome with a sixteenth of a mile to go and got up late to win the Commonwealth’s biggest race for two year-olds by Read more »
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PENNSYLVANIA DERBY AWARDED GRADE 1 STATUS
For Immediate Release: Saturday, December 3, 2016 PENNSYLVANIA DERBY AWARDED GRADE 1 STATUS The Pennsylvania Derby is now a Grade 1 race. Following a unanimous vote by the American Graded Stakes Committee this Wednesday, Parx Racing’s signature event can now be mentioned among the nation’s top races for three year-olds. "We’re very gratified that the Read more »
Trace of Grace Scores Front-Running Victory in Plum Pretty
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 »
Alphabet Soup: Granny’s Kitten by a neck
Jockey Florent Geroux, aboard Granny’s Kitten, cut the corner into the stretch of the Alphabet Soup Handicap at Parx Racing on Saturday, then outfought determined pacesetter I’ll Call to win the $100,000 turf stakes for Pennsylvania-breds by a neck. Sent off favored in the 10-horse field, Granny’s Kitten paid $4.80 and was timed in 1:43.21 Read more »
Top 3-Year-Olds Headline Probables For Pennsylvania Derby Day
Headed by unbeaten champion filly Songbird and the top three finishers from the Kentucky Derby, Nyquist, Exaggerator and Gun Runner, nominations closed September 10 for the Grade 1 Cotillion Stakes and Grade 2 Pennsylvania Derby, a pair of high-stakes races with championship implications to be run at Parx Racing on Saturday, September 24. The blockbuster Read more »
Uncle Dave Comes in 2nd in the $200,000 PTHA Presidents Cup at Parx
Diamond M Stable’s War Dancer enjoyed a perfect ground saving trip, and then rallied to out finish a game Uncle Dave to win the 16th running of the $200,000 PTHA Presidents Cup by three-quarters of a length Saturday afternoon at Parx. The six year-old son of War Front won for the second time in four Read more »
16th Annual Pennsylvania’s Day at the Races
PHBA celebrated PA-Breds by holding the 16th annual Pennsylvania’s Day at the Races at Parx Racing on Saturday, September 3, 2016. The action-packed schedule totaled over $800,000 in purse money and included six stakes races.
Winning the Medal prevails in four-horse photo in Marshall Jenney Handicap
He may have started on the outside but Winning the Medal finished fast up the inside to win a blanket finish over three rivals in the $100,000 Marshall Jenney Handicap at Parx Racing on Saturday. The Jenney was the last of five stakes for statebreds on the Pennsylvania’s Day at the Races card. The Saturday Read more »
Awesome Slew Dazzles in G3 Smarty Jones
Parx Racing capped off its Labor Day weekend with a terrific Monday afternoon program that featured four stakes including three of its major stakes of the year. Topping the card were the G3 $300,000 Smarty Jones Stakes at one mile and one-sixteenth for three year-olds, the G3 $300,000 Turf Monster Handicap, a five furlong turf Read more »
Pennsylvania’s Day at the Races Early Nominations
We’re proud to announce the early nominations for our 16th annual Pennsylvania’s Day at the Races. Below you will find the nominations and past performances. As a reminder, the late nomination deadline is August 20th along with a fee of $500. In order to submit a late entry call Parx at 215-639-9220 and select the option for Read more »