Penn National-based Dana Whitney scored his 4,000th career victory in the second race Friday evening when he guided Vicksburg Bluffs to a front-running 1 1/2-length victory in a $9,000 claiming race.Full Story >>
Got Stormy, under a well-timed ride by Tyler Gaffalione, hung on to score her initial stakes victory over a late-charging Thewayiam in the $200,000 Penn Oaks at Penn National on Saturday.
Two weeks ago, Oak Bluffs slogged his way to a third-place finish in the Jim McKay Turf Sprint, the first leg of the Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred Championships turf sprint division, over a soft course at Pimlico. On Saturday at Penn National, he got a ...
Bronx Beauty improved her record to four wins from five starts at Penn National on Saturday by winning her first race in six months, the $100,000 New Start, a six-furlong sprint for Pennsylvania-bred 3-year-old fillies.
The Penn Mile undercard Saturday includes a pair of five-furlong turf stakes, the Pennsylvania Governor's Cup and the inaugural running of the $100,000 Penn Ladies Dash, both of which attracted large fields.
There are a lot of things to consider at Penn National on Saturday before the proceedings peak with the sixth running of the Grade 2, $500,000 Penn Mile at 7:45 p.m.
Thewayiam had a three-stakes winning streak snapped when she finished second to Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winner Rushing Fall in the Grade 2 Appalachian at Keeneland. On Saturday at Penn National, she'll be a solid favorite to return to the ...
The first two years of the Penn Mile, there were pretty clear standouts. Not so this year. It is an evenly matched group, with no Beyers of 90 or more, but mid- to high-80s all over the place.
