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SOFIA VIVES RIDING WINNERS EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK IN TWO COUNTRIES
By Dick Jerardi You watch Sofia Vives ride and you would never know she has ridden fewer than 100 races. She looks like an absolute natural – sm...
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DERBY WEEK LIKE NO OTHER
By Dick Jerardi I covered the Kentucky Derby in person 32 times, once for a paper in Baltimore, 31 times for the “Philadelphia Daily News.’’...
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IT IS KENTUCKY DERBY TIME
By Dick Jerardi A year ago, I undertook a study of how the decade-old points system affected the way the Kentucky Derby was run and its results. The c...
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TOP PENNSYLVANIA BREDS IN FIRST TWO 2023 STAKES
By Dick Jerardi Angel of Empire will try to become the third Pennsylvania bred to win the Kentucky Derby after Lil E Tee (1992) and Smarty Jones (2004...
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2023 PARX STAKES SET TO BEGIN
By Dick Jerardi The first two of 31 Parx stakes in 2023, worth more than $6 million, are set for Monday (April 24). The $100,000 Page McKenney a...
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PLETCHER HOLDING THE BEST CARDS HEADING FOR FINAL 20
By Dick Jerardi Todd Pletcher, the trainer who has made an art form of winning the most significant Kentucky Derby prep races, outdid even himself thi...
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REPO ROCKS AND JAMIE NESS GO FOR GRADE I CARTER
By Dick Jerardi By the end of summer, Jamie Ness likely will become the 16th North American trainer with 4,000 wins. He won 326 races (second in N.A.)...
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SMARTY JONES AGAIN NOT A FINALIST FOR HALL OF FAME
By Dick Jerardi When I got my Hall of Fame ballot a month ago, I was hardly surprised to see that Smarty Jones again was not a finalist. Nor was I sur...
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JOSUE ARCE WINS HIS FIRST STAKE AS A TRAINER
By Dick Jerardi In just his second full year as a jockey, Josue Arce won a Grade I stake. Just a few months into his second full year as a trainer, Ar...
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FORTE DERBY FAVORITE FOR NOW
By Dick Jerardi The second round of Kentucky Derby preps are now over. The Big Six – Florida Derby, Santa Anita Derby, Blue Grass Stakes, Arkans...
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PARX MADNESS AT PARX RACING
By Dick Jerardi The second “Parx Madness” on the first Monday and Tuesday of March featured seven $75,000 stakes races over the two days a...
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FORTHELUVOFBOURBON 2022 PARK HORSE OF THE YEAR
By Dick Jerardi It was the last award of the night at the annual Horsemen’s Awards Banquet. What should have been a total celebration at Celebration...
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