Read the latest articles by Dick Jerardi on Pennsylvania's horse racing scene.
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A PENNSYLVANIA DERBY DAY 7-HOUR RACING EXTRAVAGANZA
By Dick Jerardi Over 7 hours beginning late Saturday morning and ending early Saturday evening, Parx Racing gets its annual star turn on the national ...
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THE $25,000 INVESTMENT LEADS TO A LIFETIME SCORE
By Dick Jerardi Mark Reid has been buying and selling horses for a lifetime. He ended his training career in March 2022, but it was a yearling filly p...
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TURNING FOR HOME DAY A HUGE SUCCESS AS ALWAYS
By Dick Jerardi There are multiple significant race days each year at Parx – Pennsylvania Derby Day, Smarty Jones Day, Pennsylvania’s Day at t...
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MEMORABLE CELEBRATION, GREAT PRELUDE
By Dick Jerardi Saturday was an all-day celebration of Smarty Jones, the horse that gave the sport life and his home track a future. That track also h...
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BACK WITH GREAT RACING AND HUGE PURSES
By Dick Jerardi When you have been off for three weeks, you want to return with a showcase. That is precisely what will go down Saturday and Monday at...
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BIG DAY AT COLONIAL FOR BUTCH REID BARN
By Dick Jerardi It was a day late (thank you Debby) and more than an hour from original post times, but when they finally ran all those stakes races S...
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THE NESS LAKE DEJA VU RUNS
By Dick Jerardi Jamie Ness is going to win his fifth consecutive Park trainers’ title. Since the 2020 racing season, he has had 704 winners at the t...
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PARX CONNECTIONS SHINE
By Dick Jerardi The track may be closed for the annual August break, but horse vans still leave the stable gate with Parx-based horses for stakes in t...
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DAVID DOTOLO HIT JACKPOT AFTER THREE DECADES
By Dick Jerardi Standing by the Parx Racing paddock Tuesday a few minutes before saddling his horse of a lifetime, trainer David Dotolo reflected on a...
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SILVESTRE GONZALEZ ONE OF THE VERY BEST
By Dick Jerardi Silvestre Gonzalez was a bit late to the jockey’s life so he did not get discouraged when his first winner did not come until his 61...
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CHITO HAVING A CAREER YEAR AT PARX
By Dick Jerardi It is just the second full week of July, but after winning a race at Parx on each of the month’s first three days, trainer Ernesto P...
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PARX 2024 AT THE MIDWAY POINT
By Dick Jerardi Not sure where the time went, but the calendar says we are in July, winter and spring now memories. So where are we at Parx at the yea...
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