Read the latest articles by Dick Jerardi on Pennsylvania's horse racing scene.
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SMARTY JONES RETURNS HOME TO PENNSYLVANIA
By Dick Jerardi Smarty Jones began his stallion career during the winter of 2005 at Three Chimneys Farm in Versailles, Ky. A few years later, he came ...
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MAXIMUS MISCHIEF THIRD IN THREE-YEAR-OLD DEBUT
By Dick Jerardi Grade I wins, Eclipse Awards, runaway races. Parx horses have been on a four-month run of out-of-town stakes success that was unpreced...
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JAYWALK WINS ECLIPSE AS TOP 2-YEAR-OLD FILLY
By Dick Jerardi Jaywalk’s owners were concerned as the envelope was about to be opened for the Eclipse Award for Champion Juvenile Filly. They need ...
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The Parx Quarantine
By Dick Jerardi It is unfortunately becoming a near-annual and seemingly unavoidable rite of winter at Parx, a 21-day quarantine due to the Equine Her...
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2018 HORSE OF THE YEAR A TWO-HORSE RACE
By Dick Jerardi When I left Belmont Park on the evening on June 9, 2018 after seeing and writing about the 13th Triple Crown winner, I was also certai...
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2018 PARX STAR HORSES
By Dick Jerardi Now that we are into 2019 and there is time to reflect on what happened in 2018 with star Parx horses, the year was every bit as amazi...
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SERVIS WINS FIRST PARX TRAINING TITLE
By Dick Jerardi “How did that happen?” That was John Servis’s answer when asked for his reaction to winning the 2018 Parx Racing training title....
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PENNINGTON WINS RECORD FIFTH STRAIGHT TITLE; GETS FIRST BIG HORSE
Dick Jerardi Frankie Pennington arrived at what was then called Philadelphia Park in 2004, just in time to get a front-row seat as the track’s then-...
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SIGN OF THE TIMES
By Dick Jerardi The sign in front of the wire fence reads: “No houses here thanks to Pennsylvania Horse Breeders’ Fund.” Richard Simoff put the ...
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FROM LONG-HAUL RIGS TO GREAT SAMARITAN TO BARN WIFE
By Dick Jerardi Jackie Gordon was a cross-country tractor-trailer driver for 38 years. When she “retired”, she found a way to help anybody that ne...
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MAXIMUS MISCHIEF AS GOOD AS ADVERTISED IN REMSEN
By Dick Jerardi When Maximus Mischief was getting ready to leave the Parx stable area at 5 a.m. Saturday, Ginny Reid sent a text with a video of the h...
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MAXIMUS MISCHIEF READY FOR HIS FIRST BIG TEST
By Dick Jerardi The darkness had barely lifted Monday morning when Maximus Mischief appeared on the track a bit after 7 a.m. Trainer Butch Reid and wi...
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