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To Honor and Serve put on a quite the display, November 26, 2011, when he rolled clear of the classy Calibrachoa. The son of Bernardini has been a puzzling this season, to say the least. After his two year old season, he had built up such a reputation that he was made the favorite of the Fountain of...Read More
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  • gocashking · I'd bet $500 he doesn't go undefeated - providing he races all year. No shot. · 185 days ago ·
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  • atamulonis · Great points, Laura. I had not realized that THAS had done his best running at Aqueduct, but you're certainly right there. Should be interesting to see what he does next year. · 184 days ago ·
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Belmont Stakes winner Ruler On Ice, most recently 4th in the Travers, has been installed as the 5-2 morning line favorite for Saturday's Pennsylvania Derby from Parx Racing. Read More
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  • CauseForConcern · As for the rain forecast, Ruler On Ice does have the experience, but, THAS has never been over a sloppy oval. His sire has produced 30% mud winners, which is a very high percentage. So, therefore, despite the fact that he's never seen a sloppy track, I believe he might be there, based on his sire's mudder% winners. Let the race begin!!!! · 252 days ago ·
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  • Protagonist · Hey Coggins whoo's laughing now, THAS, proved to be the key foe in Stakes Record Time! Ruler On Ice did have something to say ,he finished second, and Rattlesnake Bridge was Third! Where is Rush Now? His Rushing Skills are about as good as the Chicago Bears,as they couldn't contain GREEN BAY! · 247 days ago ·
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Questions of whether or not he was truly back were answered decisively today as To Honor and Serve dominated the Pennsylvania Derby...Read More
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  • BrianZipse · I think we have both, icyhotboo. · 247 days ago ·
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  • zxswordxz · Rule on Ice had a bad position. He should have never position they horse so far back. If that horse was around the 5 position. He would have won. · 247 days ago ·
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To Honor And Serve cruised to a strong prominent throughout tally over Belmont Stakes hero Ruler On Ice in Saturday's Grade 2 Pennsylvania Derby at Parx. Read More
  • CauseForConcern · Brian Zipse: I don't know if you recall, but four weeks ago, you named Stay Thirsty the Horse Of The Week, and I had made a suggestion that To Honor And Serve was deserving IMO. He proved me right today. Hope you give me consideration. · 248 days ago ·
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  • CauseForConcern · Correction: Give him, not me, consideration. · 248 days ago ·
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A Canadian star, two sons of Bernardini and the Belmont Stakes winner are set for the Pennsylvania Derby at Parx.Read More
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  • jinlie01 · My pick is THAS..ROI (especially off track) and RR are the main competition. The only question is why JVelasquez is opting to ride RR instead of THAS. At least Lezcano has ridded him before at 2. · 251 days ago ·
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  • CauseForConcern · Nice trifecta. You listed it in order. Hope you stayed with your idea. · 248 days ago ·
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It’s nice to have choices, unless you make the wrong one...Read More
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  • annmatt · I'm not excited about Lezcano being on To Honor and Serve, would prefer Castellano or Gomez or nearly anyone else. · 249 days ago ·
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  • boxersdaddy · I would have to venture rb, as he looks like he is coming off of more consistently better performances. If i recall correctly his recent ragozin #'s are better than THaS'. · 249 days ago ·
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With the forecast of rain for Philadelphia on Saturday, the prospect of a wet Pennsylvania Derby has me thinking back even more to one of the most incredible races I’ve ever seen. When this year’s field enters the starting gate, it will be almost exactly 25 years to the day since Broad Brush pulled ...Read More
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  • BrianZipse · Thank you, Renee! ... Lisa Maguran also posted the video of the race on my Facebook page. · 251 days ago ·
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  • Winplacsho · Thanks for posting that link, that has to be one of the weirdest races I · 250 days ago ·
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Pender Harbour, the son of Philanthropist who took the final two legs of the Canadian Triple Crown, is ready to contest the Grade 2, $1-million Pennsylvania Derby, Saturday in Philadelphia. Coming off two gutsy performances, starting with a nose nod in the 1 3/16-mile Prince of Wales Stakes on July ...Read More
The Pennsylvania Derby was first run in 1979 at Keystone on Memorial Day with the Woody Stephens trained Smarten taking the winners share of the $100,000 purse. In 1981 the race became a grade three stake.Read More
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  • CauseForConcern · Oh, by the way, that was 1980. And, thanks Matt for your story. · 252 days ago ·
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  • AndyScoggin · Spearfish got claimed from us after about a year and then claimed again. That trainer got him to climb the claiming ladder and win 4 races in a very short period of time. Spearfish was them claimed and disappeared forever. We eventually heard what happened. It is sad that there are a few trainers that don't care about the condition of their horses. I really do believe that those types are the exceptions in racing and that most trainers do care about their horses. · 252 days ago ·
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Which version of To Honor and Serve will show up at the Pennsylvania Derby?Read More
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  • CauseForConcern · champion2011: That is a good point. Wonder if Velazquez thinks that Rattlesnake is the better horse? · 253 days ago ·
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  • DeadHeat · I do not think this field is weak at all. You have the Travers runner up and third place finisher and the Belmont winner, just off the top of my head. Plus the surface can be a little bit quirky at times. If THAS is the type of horse that can't go eye to eye with top horses he will run third to horses that may not be nearly as talented. From what i have seen this year he won't go by a horse if they fight back and they are abreast eachother. · 252 days ago ·
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To Honor And Serve tops a field of nine for Saturday's Pennsylvania Derby.   
Belmont Stakes hero Ruler On Ice will make his next start in the Sept 24 PA Derby. Garrett Gomez will ride.   
Are Mike Repole and Todd Pletcher tipping their Breeders' Cup plans by running Uncle Mo in the Kelso?Read More
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  • DeadHeat · It could go either way still, IMO. Personally I would have loved to see him in the Sprint. The Mile is good, but still does not seem to hold the prestige that the Classic or Sprint does. If the connections do opt for the Classic I would not count him out. He is that talented and proffesional. He showed he could rate last out, that he doesn't need to be right up on the pace all the time and that will help him a great deal. Those who harp on his breed only have Indian Charlie as their primary argument, even though Mo has Arch as a grandsire, who goes back to Kris S, who was also in the pedigree of Zenyatta and Rock Hard Ten. Blame had Arch for a sire and could get 10f very well. Indian Charlie may not be the best distance sire, but his foals can typically get up to 8.5f on average and he has on occasion had a good distance runner, Fleet Indian being one. So there is stamina there. · 264 days ago ·
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  • HORSEFACE · Here we go...... with the Mo Joe.... HYPE.... he will never get a 1 1/4 not in this life time so count him out write a new chapter in history how? He did not run in the kentucky derby or any classic race and look like he will not face the best of the best in the BCC....so i say he is runnin out of time on makein history likin sparks and the dirt mile will be no walk over!!! not with T.C & J.B in the race. · 263 days ago ·
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While his foot may sting a little from a lost shoe, Uncle Mo provided good reason to believe he is on his way back to the top...Read More
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  • winwinwin · I've been to thousands of races and these young whippersnappers don't have a clue . That photo favored the outside horse after they passed the wire . It was windy and the wire moved forward a milluonth of an inch . · 272 days ago ·
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  • icyhotboo · the photo has always favored the outside horse, whats new? · 272 days ago ·
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Todd Pletcher said that the Kelso and Pennsylvania Derby are among the options for Uncle Mo. Pletcher also said Stay Thirsty would most likely head to the Jockey Club Gold Cup.Read More
With a stop in between at either the $300,000 Smarty Jones Stakes on Monday, Sept. 5 at Parx or the Grade 1 King’s Bishop on Saturday, Aug. 27 at Saratoga, 4th-place Haskell finisher J J’s Lucky Train will target the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby on Saturday, Sept. 24, trainer Bill Anderson said. &n...Read More
Here are 5 reminders of why horse racing is the poorest managed of all the world’s sports: The Pennsylvania Derby is held the same day as the Super Derby – Hello, is anyone planning these events?  You ended up with 2 very mediocre races, rather than one pretty good one. There aren’t enough good...Read More
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  • cugel the clever · humphrey - you are an arrogant old dinosaur. stop patronizing and insulting people who are trying to imprpove the mess that you and your generation made of the beautiful sport of horse racing. of course the writer knows that each track functions indpendently. he is making the point that for the survival of the sport, tracks need to think more strategically and plan their stakes programs to maximize the interest in each track and stakes race. it's a perfectly sensible idea and essential in an age when there is increasing competition for the sports fans' attention and dollars. "ALWAYS have" is true. "ALWAYS will" is a stupid and regressive opinion. · 602 days ago ·
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  • humphrey · Johann Wolfgang von Goethe knew about things when he stated "there is nothing more frightful than ignoirnace in action." The Jockey Club has does and will probably forever rule racing with an iron hand. When you are the only legal game in town you develop disdain for you customer as a take it or leave it situation as they have shown repeatedly. It wasn't unitl after a class actio suit by the Jockey's Guild after WWII that jocks licenses were pried out of their hands. Jim Squires referes to these autorcratic atherosclerotic rigid individuals as the "Dinnies" in response to Dinnie Phipps and outlines in his book, Headless Horsemen, how they are adrift with no ideas to solidify the game. When Gaines came up with the idea of the Breeder's Cup it was rejected until THEY put their name on it as ???co authors, so when you begin to try to see why the game is in the state it is in today,. READ a little history first. HANA (Horseplayer's Association of North America) is trying to use some boycotting force to change things, but I would not hold my breath. The only coordinated racing to date is during the Tripel Crown and Breeder's Cup dates and that only happens because of single factor: $$$$$$$$$$ · 602 days ago ·
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There haven’t been many Saturdays when Parx Racing, formerly Philadelphia Park, has the most significant races in America. But, on the last Saturday in September, there was no question that two big races were being run in Bensalem, Pa. Track management moved the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G2) of...Read More
Passed in upper stretch by A Little Warm, Morning Line battled back along the rail to get up by a neck in the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (gr. II) to win his stakes debut for trainer Nick Zito at Parx Racing Sept. 25.Zito won his third Pennsylvania Derby in the past five renewals of the 1/18-mile ...Read More
Wide trips hurt several of the top contenders in the August 28 Travers S. (G1), some of whom will congregate in search of amends in Saturday's $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G2) at the former Philadelphia Park. Read More

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View DetailsView Video09/24/11Prx111 1/8 mD03 MPennsylvania Derby-G2To Honor and ServeRuler On IceRattlesnake Bridge1:47.34
View DetailsView Video09/25/10Prx111 1/8 mD03 MPennsylvania Derby-G2Morning LineFirst DudeA Little Warm1:47.85
View DetailsView Video09/07/09Prx101 1/8 mD03 MPennsylvania Derby-G2Gone AstrayJoin In The DanceKelly Leak1:48.27
View Details09/01/08Prx101 1/8 mD03 MPennsylvania Derby-G2Anak NakalAcaiSmooth Air1:48.99
View Details09/06/04Prx101 1/8 mD03 MPennsylvania Derby-G2Love of MoneyPollard's VisionSwingforthefences1:48.42
View Details09/03/01Prx111 1/8 mD03 MPennsylvania Derby-G3Macho UnoUnbridled ElaineTouch Tone1:49.69
View DetailsView Video09/27/86Prx81 1/8 m 0 Pennsylvania Derby-G2Broad BrushSumptiousGlow 1:50.80
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