Read the latest articles by Dick Jerardi on Pennsylvania's horse racing scene.
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MATCH SERIES FINALE AT PARX
By Dick Jerardi It was dark and gloomy and cold and raining at Park Racing Monday, but not even the leftovers from Hurricane Ian could spoil the 2022 ...
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THE BEST EVER DAY AT PARX
By Dick Jerardi The first Saturday of autumn was grand and glorious and, without any doubt, the greatest day in the history of Keystone/Philadelphia P...
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PA DERBY DAY CARD BEST IN PARX HISTORY
By Dick Jerardi The 2021 Pennsylvania Derby Day 13-race card was clearly the best in track history. This Saturday’s 13-race card, with 10 stakes, fi...
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FLIGHTLINE IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
By Dick Jerardi “Champions,’’ a Daily Racing Form publication, subtitled “The Lives, Times and Past Performances of America’s Greate...
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MIKE BALLEZZI’S LASTING IMPACT AT PARX
By Dick Jerardi It’s been nearly a half-century so trainer Phil Aristone, who was a sophomore in high school, can be forgiven if his memory isn’t ...
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SMASHING RETURN FROM BREAK AT PARX
By Dick Jerardi Now, “that’’ is how you come back from a 19-day break: a total of 26 races and 10 stakes over two days and 12 hours of racin...
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THE BEST TIME OF THE YEAR AT PARX
by Dick Jerardi When the annual August break at Parx ends on Monday Aug. 22, it will mark the beginning of the best month of racing at the track, culm...
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Some time into their relationship, Regina Brennan relayed that she thought Donnie Reeder was from Oklahoma. He explained that he was actually from Bea...
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RIDIN WITH BIDEN DOMINATES IN MARYLAND
When Ridin With Biden finished a very strong second to First Captain a year ago in the Grade III Dwyer Stakes at Belmont Park, it really looked like t...
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LEADER OF THE BAND LEADS STRONG PARX SHOWING ON HASKELL DAY
By Dick Jerardi The national story was how it was all Chad Brown all the time at Monmouth Park Saturday – until it was time for the $1 million H...
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CHUB WAGON, BEREN INVADE MARYLAND, DOMINATE
Dick Jerardi Lupe Preciado and Butch Reid have trained some very good horses in their careers. Favorite Tale won more than $1 million for Predicado an...
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PRINCESS GRACE WINS DOC PENNY AGAIN
By Dick Jerardi Princess Grace has won races at Colonial Downs, Monmouth Park, Churchill Downs, Del Mar and Kentucky Downs. The only track where she h...
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