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LARRY LEDERMAN, THE VERY BEST OF US
By Dick Jerardi It was the Thursday night before the 1997 Final Four in Indianapolis. Was with a few of my sportswriter friends at the off-track-betti...
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PARX AT AQUEDUCT REASONABLY SUCCESSFUL
By Dick Jerardi PAQ (Parx At Aqueduct) did not result in any visits to the winner’s circle by four Parx-based horses in the two 3-year-old stakes, b...
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PARX 2024 STAKES SCHEDULE REVEALED
By Dick Jerardi There will be 40 stakes at Parx Racing in 2024, with purses of more than $6.3 million. The stakes program, as always, will be anchored...
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AOIFE’S MAGIC VOTED 2023 PARX HORSE OF THE YEAR
By Dick Jerardi The year was more than half over by the time she made her debut on Sept. 11, but anybody who saw that dominating maiden win won’t so...
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TRIPLE CROWN NOMINATIONS ARE OUT, BUT NO BAFFERT IN DERBY AGAIN
By Dick Jerardi When the early Triple Crown nominations closed Jan. 29, there were 346 horses on the list, including three based at Parx – Withe...
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UNCLE HEAVY WINS WITHERS BY A NOSE
By Dick Jerardi Five years ago, Butch Reid went to Florida with the most talented 3-year-old from Parx since Smarty Jones. The Kentucky Derby trail di...
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TRAINER RICHIE VEGA KNOWS TOUGH TIMES
By Dick Jerardi Richie Vega is not going to be deterred. If he was, he would never have gotten on a boat in 1980 headed on an uncertain voyage from Ma...
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MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT FOR KENDRICK CARMOUCHE
By Dick Jerardi Saturday’s Pegasus Day at Gulfstream Park is the first major racing event of 2024. Kendrick Carmouche and his family had been lookin...
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PARX 2023 HANDLE NUMBERS DOWN SLIGHTLY
By Dick Jerardi Nothing goes up forever so after a record 2021 and another in 2022, the Parx handle numbers slipped a bit in 2023. Over 148 days in 20...
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VERY GOOD 2023 FOR TOP PARX TRAINERS AND JOCKEYS
By Dick Jerardi As 2024 commences, I decided to check out the 2023 Equibase statistics, searching for how the best at Park stacked up nationally. It w...
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TWO SERIOUS STAKES WINNERS ON FINAL 2023 RACING DAY
By Dick Jerardi Two days after Christmas, on the final racing day at Parx in 2023, just 5 days before Park legend Smarty Jones turns 23, the fans were...
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CLOSE CALL FOR 2023 HORSE OF THE YEAR
By Dick Jerardi Horse of the Year typically is not very complicated. Consider the last 10 winners: Flightline, Knicks Go, Authentic, Bricks and Mortar...
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