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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 ...
Originally called Keystone Racetrack, it opened in November 1974 in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, replacing the Liberty Bell Park Racetrack in Northeast Philadelphia as the area's Thoroughbred track. When the track was purchased in 1984 by ITB, the racetrack received a new name, Philadelphia Park , a new turf course, and an innovative new way to ...
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.
The race was inaugurated in 2000 [1] with an attractive purse offered of $100,000 [1] as the Dr. James Penny Memorial Handicap.The event was named in honor of Dr. James Penny V.M.D. (1921–1999), [2] the track veterinarian for over 25 years at Liberty Bell and stayed on when thoroughbred racing moved to Keystone Race Track.
Previously a Listed race, the event was upgraded to Grade III status for 2012 by the American Graded Stakes Committee. [1] In 2013, Eldaafer, a former winner of the Grade III Breeders' Cup Marathon, won the event as an eight-year-old. [4] In 2020, Parx Racing cancelled their race meeting due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. [3]
Competition from new racing operations such as Keystone Race Track (later known as Philadelphia Park and then Parx Racing) in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, ultimately led to the demise of the Bowie Race Track which ceased racing operations on July 14, 1985. [8] The track now serves as a training center for Thoroughbred racehorses.
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Antonio "Tony" Vega (April 21, 1961 – November 11, 2013) was a Puerto Rican American Thoroughbred jockey and community activist from New Brunswick, New Jersey.He was a graded stakes winning, three-time champion jockey who competed in North American horse racing from 1982 to 2012.