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Originally the distance of the event was set as 1 mile and 70 yards but was extended in 2016 to the current distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles. [3] In 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Parx Racing did not schedule the event. [4] In 2024 the event was downgraded by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to Listed ...
Click on the sort symbol at the top of the columns to sort on a particular field. Updates and changes for the current 2025 and previous 2024 racing season are noted. Due to the redevelopment plans at Belmont Park the fall meeting in 2024 and all events in 2025 are moved either to Aqueduct Racetrack or Saratoga Racetrack. [6]
The Dr. James Penny Memorial Stakes is a Listed American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are three years old or older, over a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles on the turf held annually in July at Parx Casino and Racing racetrack in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. The event currently carries a purse of $200,000.
The Xcite Center is an event center at Parx that hosts concerts, entertainment performances, comedy acts, and boxing and MMA matches. All shows require audience members to be age 21 or older. [ 26 ] The event center has an area of 30,000 square feet (2,800 m 2 ) and seats over 1,500 people.
The Gallant Bob Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three years olds, over a distance of six furlongs on the dirt held annually in September at Parx Casino and Racing racetrack in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. The event currently carries a purse of $400,000.
The Grade I event carries a purse of US$1 million. From 2006 to 2010 it was called the Fitz Dixon Cotillion to honor Fitz Eugene Dixon Jr. of the prominent Widener family of Philadelphia , who have been major figures in Thoroughbred racing since the early part of the 20th century.
Racing will be held on July 4, the track’s only Thursday post until Sept. 19. Later post time stays Presque Isle Downs pushed post time from 1:30 to 3 p.m. last year.
The Pennsylvania Derby is a race for thoroughbred horses run at Parx Racing and Casino (formerly known as Keystone Race Track, then from 1986 through 2010 as Philadelphia Park) each year. The track's premiere event is open to horses, age three, and is run at a distance of 1.125 miles (1.811 km) (9 furlongs ) on the dirt and since 2007 normally ...