Read the latest articles by Dick Jerardi on Pennsylvania's horse racing scene.
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2019 PARX STAKES SCHEDULE LOADED
By Dick Jerardi When David Osojnak took over as Parx Director of Racing last year, he saw how good the stakes schedule had already become and thought ...
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Jaywalk Ashland Stakes 2019
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JAYWALK THIRD IN ASHLAND
By Dick Jerardi It is hard to give up on a champion. So John Servis is not giving up on Jaywalk after she ran third in the April 6 Grade I Ashland Sta...
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BIGGEST CROWD IN HISTORY OF AWARDS BANQUET
By Dick Jerardi It was only fitting that, after the greatest year in the history of Parx Racing, 394 people—the biggest crowd in the history of the ...
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Aztec Sense Named 2018 Parx Racing Horse of the Year
It’s difficult to get much better than perfect. Racing eight times last year, Joseph Besecker’s Aztec Sense won all eight races, including five st...
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CELEBRATION AT CELEBRATIONS
By Dick Jerardi It was such a legendary year on the national scene for Parx-based horses that the accomplishments of all the other horses at Parx may ...
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Aztec Sense Perfect in 2018
-By Dick Jerardi Aztec Sense lost the first 12 races of his career, won a race and then lost the next 10 before winning his second race and then losin...
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ANOTHER FAN CREATED BY SMARTY JONES
By Dick Jerardi Smarty Jones created thousands of racing fans in 2004. Pasquale Dangelantonio, Jr., is definitely one of them. “Smarty Jones is the ...
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JAYWALK FOURTH IN THREE-YEAR-OLD DEBUT
By Dick Jerardi When a filly has not run in four months, you can never be certain that she will reproduce her best form. The bettors at Gulfstream Par...
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MAXIMUS MISCHIEF OFF THE DERBY TRAIL
By Dick Jerardi When unbeaten Maximus Mischief left the Parx stable area in December for the long van ride to Gulfstream Park, the colt took with him ...
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CARMOUCHE RETURNS AFTER SCARY INJURY
By Dick Jerardi Kendrick Carmouche won his 3,000th race at the end of 2017. His mount earnings cleared $100 million in the summer of 2018. The Parx Ha...
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WINCHILL’S FIRST WINNER IS SPECTACULAR
By Dick Jerardi It was the first race at Parx on Feb. 11, a six-horse field of Pennsylvania-bred maidens. There was nothing to indicate anything unusu...
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