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Parx Casino and Racing (formerly Philadelphia Park Racetrack and Casino) is a Thoroughbred horse racing venue and the largest casino gaming complex in Pennsylvania. Parx is located in Bensalem Township in Bucks County , northeast of the city of Philadelphia .
The Smarty Jones Stakes is a Listed American Thoroughbred horse race for three years olds, over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt track held annually in early September at Parx Casino and Racing racetrack in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. The event currently carries a purse of $200,000.
Parx Racing 21 September 2024 Pennsylvania Derby: I $1,000,000 3yo open 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 miles: Dirt Parx Racing 21 September 2024 Gallant Bob Stakes: II $400,000 3yo open 6 furlongs: Dirt Parx Racing 21 September 2024 Turf Monster Stakes: Listed $250,000 3&up open 5 furlongs: Turf Parx Racing 21 September 2024 Greenwood Cup Stakes: III $200,000 3 ...
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 ...
The Parx Dash Stakes is a Listed American Thoroughbred horse race for three years old or older, over a distance of five furlongs on the turf held annually in July at Parx Casino and Racing racetrack in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. The event currently carries a purse of $100,000.
In 1998, Freehold was acquired by a joint venture of Penn National Gaming and Greenwood Racing, owner of Parx Casino and Racing. [ 5 ] From 1998 to 2010, Freehold Raceway was the home of the Cane Pace , a harness horse race run annually since 1955 ; in 1956 the race joined with the Little Brown Jug and the Messenger Stakes to become the first ...
Canadian-born jockey Stewart Elliott was hired to ride Smarty Jones initially for the Bensalem race but took over a more permanent position when the horse began his winning streak. Elliot had won 3,300 races and was the son of jockey [3] Dennis Elliott, Smarty Jones won the six-furlong.75 miles (1.21 km) race by 7 + 3 ⁄ 4 lengths. Two weeks ...
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]