all in The Sport

The Pennsylvania Derby offers 3-year-olds a last chance to chalk up a Grade 1 win in a two-turn race against horses of their own age. It will also offer a few of them a chance to pick up a Grade 1 win in a 3-year-old stakes without division leaders Sovereignty and Journalism on hand to relegate them to minor shares of the purse.

The $1 million Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing has become an increasingly important race for 3-year-olds over the last decade with a rich purse and Grade 1 status.

The team of trainer Charlie Appleby and jockey William Buick with Godolphin runners has been potent in North America in recent years, and a significant chunk of that success (five Grade 1 wins) has come at Woodbine. The trio won the

How is it that someone of relatively modest means who operates a family business in Albany, N.Y., has been a partner in four high-caliber runners since he first owned racehorses in 2011?

Well, it is hard to believe good karma has not played a role in Lucas Stritsman’s uncommon success.

There are racehorses, and then there are racehorses, the ones who seem born with an innate desire to excel in competition and outrun opponents no matter the distance, conditions, or level of competition.

There can no doubting that the great Miesque was a racehorse in the truest sense.

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