Despite a tropical storm, a sloppy and sealed racetrack, a couple of front-runners came through with victories in $1 million races at Parx Racing. With Tropical Storm Ophelia leaving the track a slopp...
He’s won many of the biggest races in the world over and over again. The Derby, the Preakness, the Belmont, the Breeders’ Cup Classic. He’s won Grade 1 races multiple times in no less than nine ...
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 sup...
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 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 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, including ...
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 Derby (G1) on Saturd...
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 I...
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...
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 (...