Read the latest articles by Dick Jerardi on Pennsylvania's horse racing scene.
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ALL THAT MAGIC STAYS PERFECT ON GRASS IN MONMOUTH STAKE
By Dick Jerardi All That Magic was on Greg and Kate DeMasi list at the April 2021 OBS Sale. But she wasn’t a Pa. Bred and they had already got...
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MARYA MONTOYA WINS STAKES AT LAUREL PARK
By Dick Jerardi Marya Montoya was always going to be a race tracker. Her father, trainer Dennis “Goose” Heimer, was in the second Parx Hal...
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DR. MARY SCOLLAY SPEAKS WITH PARX HORSEMEN ABOUT SUPPLEMENTS
By Dick Jerardi Dr. Mary Scollay, the Chief of Science for the Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit (HIWU), spoke to and answered questions from t...
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SANFORD STAKES AND 4,000 WINS
By Dick Jerardi Yo Yo Candy was 46-1 in Saturday’s Grade III Sanford Stakes at Saratoga. Made some sense. After all, the colt, owned by Tom and Kath...
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BELMONT STAKES WINNING OWNER RETURNS TO PARX
By Dick Jerardi Nearly 14 years after Jon Ebbert was at Parx to watch the first horse he ever owned run last of seven, he returned on June 27 to talk ...
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BUTCH REID WINS TWO STAKES IN 13 MINUTES
By Dick Jerardi By the time Butch Reid emerged from the Delaware Park paddock Saturday after getting Foggy Night ready for the Grade III Delawar...
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TWO WINS IN PA BRED STAKES, ONE BY A 7-YEAR-OLD WITH AN AMAZING HISTORY, ANOTHER BY A 3-YEAR-OLD WITH A PROMISING FUTURE
By Dick Jerardi Days of rain led to more than half the horses entered to run in the two $100,000 stakes for Pennsylvania breds at Parx Monday being sc...
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A FATHERS’ DAY SUNDAY TO REMEMBER AT PARX
By Dick Jerardi It was the last weekend day of live racing at Parx until Pennsylvania Derby Day on Sept. 23. It was some Fathers’ Day as fans packed...
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PERFECT ENDING TO A STRANGE TRIPLE CROWN SEASON
By Dick Jerardi “The” story after Arcangelo won Saturday’s Belmont Stakes was that Jena Antonucci became the first female trainer to win...
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PARX HORSES WINNING OUT OF TOWN AND ENTERED ON BELMONT STAKES CARD
By Dick Jerardi One of the best big-race Pennsylvania bred combos at Parx was on full display when owner-breeder Joe Imbesi and Hall of Fame trainer L...
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MALIBU STAR BACK HOME AND STILL WINNING
By Dick Jerardi Trainer Ernesto Padilla-Preciado, aka Chito, understood when owner JKX Racing said Malibu Star was going to be sold at the Keeneland A...
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DISASTER, EUPHORIA AT THE PREAKNESS
By Dick Jerardi It was 5 1/2 hours between the horrifying moment when Havnameltdown broke down last Saturday at Pimlico and National Treasure cr...
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