Five questions for Pennsylvania Derby day
Saturday is the biggest day of the year for Parx racing, featuring the Pennsylvania Derby and Cotillion, and we have questions (and some horses to watch).
Saturday is the biggest day of the year for Parx racing, featuring the Pennsylvania Derby and Cotillion, and we have questions (and some horses to watch).
The latest Top Midlantic-bred Poll sees several horses who starred over Belmont weekend among the leaders, including Book’em Danno and Post Time.
Our Preakness Profiles return for Preakness 149 set for May 118, 2024. Here, we profile Withers Stakes winner Uncle Heavy.
Trainer Butch Reid has runners in five Pimlico stakes this weekend, and the U-Maryland grad says it’s special to have his first Preakness starter.
The last four Preakness champs were new shooters – a trend worth watching, says Nick Hahn.
Grade 3 Withers winner posted a sharp half-mile workout at his Parx Racing base Saturday in his final move in preparation for the May 18 Preakness.
Grade 3 Withers Stakes winner Uncle Heavy will run in the May 18 Preakness, trainer Butch Reid told Pimlico officials.
In the first Top Midlantic-bred Poll of 2024, New Jersey-bred Book’em Danno and Pennsylvania-bred I’m Very Busy lead among sophs and older horses.
Trainer Butch Reid had a career year in 2023. With a horse on the Triple Crown trail and another nearing $1 million in earnings, 2023 could be better still.
The Triple Crown nominations released earlier this week include a half-dozen horses bred in the Mid-Atlantic and a larger number based here.