PTHA NEWS Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association Newsletter We ARE Pennsylvania Racing Winter 2019 2018 Year in Review

The Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association (PTHA) is perennially recognized 2018 Parx Racing Leaders throughout the horse racing industry as a leader in protecting horsemen’s rights especially in the state TOP NOTCH RACING legislature, as well as guaranteeing live racing at CO-LEADING OWNER Parx Racing, providing health care and pension 173-24-31-33 for horsemen, creating/maintaining benevolence $1,031,164 programs, and much more. Below are just some of the highlights from last year. PARX RACING JAGGER, INC. The number of scheduled live racing days at Parx CO-LEADING OWNER Racing stayed constant at 170, while total purses paid 106-24-14-17 to horsemen were over $50 million. For the second $585,046 consecutive year, the stakes calendar was highlighted by the dual-Grade 1 day featuring the $1,000,000 JOHN SERVIS Pennsylvania Derby and $1,000,000 Cotillion Stakes. LEADING TRAINER Competitors in both races went on to battle the best of 255-71-37-26 their divisions in their final 2018 starts: Derby winner $2,581,043 McKinzie captured the G1 Malibu Stakes at Santa Anita while the 1-2 finishers in the Cotillion were 1-3 in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff. Also of note were several outstanding Parx-based FRANKIE PENNINGTON horses that made national headlines. Jaywalk, trained LEADING JOCKEY by John Servis and owned by D.J. Stable LLC & Cash 665-153-100-102 $5,181,286 Is King LLC, broke her maiden at Parx in July and followed that up with three more wins, culminating in an exciting victory in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile JANN N. HERNANDEZ LEADING APPRENTICE JOCKEY Fillies (G1). The unimposing bay stallion Discreet Lover became a millionaire with his longshot come- 327-48-43-35 $1,113,157 from-behind win in the prestigious Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) for owner/trainer Uriah St. Lewis. Fan favorite Imperial Hint added to his millionaire status with G1 wins in the Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap and Vosburgh Stakes, for owner Raymond Mamone CHAMPAGNE CHUCK and trainer Luis Carvajal, Jr. All three are expected to WINNINGEST HORSE continue their racing careers in 2019, and will be 19-7-3-2 $141,770 (cont’d on page 3) Photos: Nikki Sherman 2018 Year in Review President’s Message Salvatore M. DeBunda, Esq.

I would be remiss not to first Speaking of year-end honors, I am ecstatic that John acknowledge the passing of Servis’s Jaywalk was crowned Eclipse Champion 2yo longtime NYTHA President, Filly. In addition, two PA-Breds were also awarded Rick Violette, Jr. He was an championships. Isn’t it great to be in Pennsylvania? inspiration to everyone he worked with and a class act. He will be greatly missed. I was also saddened to hear I am excited that we will be continuing the MATCH that Parx Racing Hall of Fame trainer Walter Reese Series this year, and believe that the changes to the passed away late last year. He was a hugely talented program will be a huge boost to its future success. The horseman whose presence continues to be felt at Parx. most important revision is that each racetrack will host one “MATCH Series Day”, so be sure to mark down the On a separate note, I am excited to welcome our Parx date of September 2 on your calendar! new Director of Racing, David Osojnak. He brings a unique perspective to the position, and I am looking Another great program that has already commenced is forward to working with him in the future. the microchipping of the Parx Racing backstretch. This is a great step forward with enforcing integrity. Now that we have moved on to a new year, it allows us to remember the outstanding individuals of last Finally, I would like to thank the PTHA staff, Board, year. Please join us for the annual Horsemen’s Awards and especially the full membership, for your support of banquet on March 27 at Celebrations. Executive Director Mike Ballezzi and me. Happy New Year to everyone and good luck to you in 2019!

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(cont’d from cover) in order to provide more personalized care. A great reason for horsemen to find employment at Parx is the joined by the exciting young colt Maximus Mischief, ability for stable employees to be eligible for: $500 who is trained by Robert Reid, Jr. for owners Cash Is towards prescriptions, $1,000 towards dental, $3,000 King LLC and LC Racing. towards doctor visits and $300 towards eye care.

LEGISLATIVE A continued partnership with the LaSalle University nurses and St. Mary’s also enabled more proactive Pennsylvania continues to look to expanded gaming women’s healthcare, including more mammograms as a means of generating non-tax revenues for state and routine exams than ever before. operations. In 2018, the legislature authorized up The PTHA remains one of the few horsemen’s to an additional ten mini casinos, sports wagering, organizations in the nation that provides their eligible video gaming at truck stops, online interactive trainers with a pension plan for retirement. gaming, airport gaming, and daily fantasy sports. Despite strong opposition from many organizations who believe that the continued expansion of other HORSEMEN’S PURCHASING ASSOC. forms and locations for gaming will have negative The HPA has proven itself to be sustainable by effects on the wagers placed at existing casinos, consistently offering quality products at discounted thereby jeopardizing the many benefits the original prices, and is conveniently open six days a week with gaming authorization has brought to Pennsylvania, easy access on the Parx Racing backstretch. 2018 the authorizing legislation was enacted. The PTHA marked the best year in its history, with an increase in vigorously opposed the various expansion proposals total sales of 5.5% from 2017. The HPA continues to and successfully joined with other organizations to offer holiday sales and special discounts throughout defeat a proposal that would have placed as many the year, as well as a Nutrena “Trainer’s Promo” feed as 50,000 slot machines in taverns and bars across special that has been available since 2012. In addition, the state. Further, the PTHA and its lobbyists were the HPA sponsors the annual Chaplain’s Christmas able to obtain other restrictions that serve to limit the Party, which is attended by over one hundred locations and number of alternative gaming options backstretch children. that had originally been proposed. TURNING FOR HOME HEALTH CARE + PENSION TFH surpassed 2,500 horses in its tenth year as the Nearly 200 trainers and their dependents received leading on-track retirement program in the country, health insurance in 2018. Prescriptions and co-pays steadily helping over 300 horses annually find safe continued to be covered through the flex insurance in retirement after their careers have ended. The addition addition to the excellent regular health insurance. of Administrative Assistant Danielle Gibson has Over 200 stable employees were able to use the Stable boosted not only follow-up, but also the advertising Employee Benefits in 2018, which was established power of the PTHA with her close work alongside as a direct result of funding from the Race Horse Marketing Director Nikki Sherman. The TFH social Development Fund (RHDF). Stable employees media presence has increased significantly, which now regularly visit the PTHA office to receive their helps network more horses and makes sure the horses benefits, thanks to a combination of excellent customer are in good care and move more quickly off the track service by Benefits Coordinator Amanda-Kate Lenzi to the next chapter of their lives. and Spanish translations by HPA Manager Vicky Mangini. The main focus of the year was to establish (cont’d on page 23) new vendor relationships with specific medical offices

Winter 2019 PTHANews Page 3 Parx Racing Roundup Jaywalk is 2018 Eclipse Champion 2yo Filly

$100,000 PA NURSERY STAKES

Call Paul was the deserving 4-5 morning line favorite for the $100,000 Pennsylvania Nursery Stakes on December 1, 2018. The two-year-old son of Friesan Fire had won two straight - including the $200,000 Saratoga Special (G2) - before trying a route of ground in the G1 Champagne Stakes at Belmont Park. He finished third in that race, and followed that up with another third in the one mile Nashua Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct. The PA Nursery for Call Paul and Trevor McCarthy win the Pennsylvania-Breds made logical sense for the colt’s next start, and also marked a return to sprinting at seven furlongs. By post

Photos: Nikki Sherman $100,000 PA Nursery Stakes. time, Call Paul was 1-5 and more than lived up to the hype, drawing off to an easy five-length score under a hand ride by Trevor McCarthy. Jason Servis trains Call Paul for owners Michael Dubb, David Simon, Bethlehem Stables LLC and Bruce Irom.

IN OTHER NEWS . . .

Every year, hard-luck horses are given a chance to redeem Parx Horsemen Around the Nation themselves with a special starter allowance race for horses that had not won a race during that calendar year. The final racing weekend in 2018 gave horses four opportunities to capture that elusive victory.

First on the schedule was the $50,000 Gift of the Magi, for horses Stand and Salute draws off in the $50,000 Gift of the Magi Starter Allowance. who had started for a claiming price of $10,000 or less in 2018 and had also not won a race in the same year. Favored Stand and Salute made easy work of the full field of twelve, drawing off under mild urging from Silvestre Gonzalez to win by an emphatic six lengths. The gelded son of Saint Anddan was trained by Joseph Taylor for Felipa Quevedo- Hernandez. On December 31, 2018, the $50,000 Mistletoe gave a chance to fillies and mares for the same condition, and Patrick A. Kane’s Lion and the Wolf led from gate to wire for her second career victory. The PA-Bred by E Dubai was ridden to victory by Navin Mangalee for trainer Ramon Martin. Later in that day’s card, two additional route starter allowances were contested for horses that had started for a claiming price of $12,500 or less in 2017-18. Even-money favorite Viva Forever captured the $50,000 Holiday Bubbly for the girls, while Moon Gate Warrior rebounded from a third-place finish in the Claiming Crown Iron Horse Stakes to win the $50,000 Auld Lang Syne by a convincing 5 1/4 lengths. * * * * * Parx Racing was hit with a quarantine for the majority of the month of January after a horse tested positive for the respiratory equine herpes virus. While nowhere near as fatal as the neurological strain that affected the track several years ago, state veterinarians chose to be proactive in closing the stable gates and not permitting horses to leave the grounds. Thus far, the situation is under control and, barring anything unforseen, Lion and the Wolf surprises in the $50,000 should be resolved by the end of the month. Mistletoe Starter Allowance.

Page 4 PTHANews Winter 2019 Parx Racing Roundup Jaywalk is 2018 Eclipse Champion 2yo Filly

Parx Racing’s very own spectacular filly Jaywalk was named Champion Two-Year-Old Filly of 2018 during the Eclipse Award ceremony at Gulfstream Park on January 24, 2019. The pretty gray daughter of Cross Traffic capped off a sensational season with a 5 1/2-length victory in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1). She also captured the Frizette Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park and the White Clay Creek Stakes at Delaware Park after breaking her maiden by an emphatic 7 1/2 lengths at Parx on July 24. Jaywalk earned $1,384,200 in five starts under the care of John Servis. She was purchased for $190,000 at the 2017 Keeneland September Yearling Sale and is owned by D.J. Stable LLC and Cash Is King LLC. She was bred in Kentucky by Gainesway Thoroughbreds. Photo: Kim Pratt Parx Horsemen Around the Nation

Oct. 20 - MD MILLION Nov. 21 - BLUE MOUNTAIN Dec. 1 - CLAIMING CROWN Dec. 1 - PA NURSERY S. NURSERY S. JUVENILE FILLIES S. IRON HORSE S. Parx Racing, 7 furlongs Laurel Park, 6 furlongs Penn National, 6 furlongs Gulfstream Park, 1 1/16 miles 2nd - JUMP FOR ALEX 1st - FOLLOW THE DOG 3rd - TARA’S TALENT 3rd - MOON GATE WARRIOR O: Edward H. Stone O: Waldorf Racing Stables LLC O: Stony Brook Stables LLC O: Louis C. Linder, Jr. T: Guadalupe Preciado T: Marya Montoya T: Edward Coletti, Jr. T: Louis C. Linder, Jr. J: Mychel Sanchez J: Julian Pimentel J: Mychel Sanchez J: Jorge Vargas, Jr. 3rd - SPLICETHEMAINBRACE O: Swilcan Stable LLC & Oct. 20 - MD MILLION TURF Nov. 21 - FABULOUS STRIKE S. Dec. 1 - CLAIMING CROWN Cash Is King LLC STARTER H. Penn National, 6 furlongs GLASS SLIPPER S. T: Robert Reid, Jr. Laurel Park, 1 1/8 miles (T) 1st - MIDTOWNCHARLYBROWN Gulfstream Park, 1 mile J: Edwin Rivera 2nd - MARTINI KID O: Uptowncharlybrown 2nd - VIVA FOREVER O: Matson Racing Stable Stud LLC & Godric LLC O: Georgina E. Billers Dec. 29 - GIN TALKING S. T: Michael Moore T: Edward Coletti, Jr. T: Louis C. Linder, Jr. Laurel Park, 7 furlongs J: Jorge Vargas, Jr. J: Mychel Sanchez J: Luis Rodriguez Castro 3rd - OUR SUPER FREAK O: Jagger Inc. Nov. 2 - BREEDERS’ CUP Nov. 22 - FALL HIGHWEIGHT H. (G3) Dec. 1 - REMSEN S. (G2) JUVENILE FILLIES (G1) Aqueduct, 1 1/8 miles T: Jamie Ness Aqueduct, 6 furlongs J: Angel Suarez Churchill Downs, 1 1/16 miles 3rd - ALWAYS SUNSHINE 1st - MAXIMUS MISCHIEF 1st - JAYWALK O: Stonehedge LLC O: Cash Is King LLC & Jan. 5 - LIMEHOUSE S. O: D. J. Stable LLC & T: Edward Allard LC Racing Gulfstream Park, 6 furlongs Cash Is King LLC J: Frankie Pennington T: Robert Reid, Jr. 2nd - SPLICETHEMAINBRACE T: John Servis J: Frankie Pennington O: Swilcan Stable LLC & J: Joel Rosario Nov. 24 - WILLA ON THE MOVE S. Cash Is King LLC Laurel Park, 6 furlongs Nov. 10 - SMART HALO S. T: Robert Reid, Jr. 2nd - MS LOCUST POINT J: Edwin Rivera Laurel Park, 6 furlongs O: Jim Reichenberg & 2nd - OUR SUPER FREAK Cash is King LLC O: Jagger Inc. T: John Servis T: Jamie Ness J: Jorge Vargas, Jr. J: Angel Suarez Dec. 1 - CLAIMING CROWN Nov. 10 - CITY OF LAUREL S. EXPRESS S. Laurel Park, 7 furlongs Gulfstream Park, 6 furlongs 2nd - SMOOTH B 1st - APPEALING FUTURE O: LC Racing O: Jon A. Marshall T: Robert Reid, Jr. T: John Servis J: Trevor McCarthy J: Nik Juarez Nov. 10 - JAMES F. LEWIS III S. 2nd - BROTHER CHUB Laurel Park, 6 furlongs O: Kasey K Racing Stable LLC 2nd - FOLLOW THE DOG & Michael Day O: Waldorf Racing Stables LLC T: Michael Moore Appealing Future (2) and Brother Chub (9)

T: Marya Montoya J: Jorge Vargas, Jr. finish 1-2 in the Claiming Crown Express S. Photo: Leslie Martin | Coglianese Photos J: Julian Pimentel

Winter 2019 PTHANews Page 5 #1 SIRE IN NORTH AMERICA IN MOVING UP HIS MARES News from the THA UPTOWNCHARLYBROWN The THA is the parent organization of the PTHA. The THA brings together the PTHA with other member organizations from DE, IL, MD, NJ and NY. One Corporate Center, 10451 Mill Run Circle, Suite 400, Owings Mills, MD 21117 Average Earnings Index 2.16 410-356-8866 • www.tharacing.com Comparable Index 0.78 DISCUSSION OF CONCUSSION PROTOCOL CONTINUES IN PA Higher AEI than INTO MISCHIEF, MEDAGLIA -By Tom LaMarra, Dec. 20, 2018 The push for mandatory concussion commission meeting asked taken off their mounts. I haven’t D’ORO, KITTEN’S JOY, UNCLE MO, protocol in horse racing continued the PHRC to consider making had much pushback from the SPEIGHTSTOWN, etc. Dec. 18 when the Pennsylvania concussion protocol mandatory, jockeys. At the end of the day they Horse Racing Commission, perhaps through the licensing know they’re protected.” #1 2018 Leading 3rd-crop sire in PA which in November was asked to process. The Association of Racing Ryan regularly works with medical #2 2018 Leading 3rd-crop sire in Mid-Atlantic implement it, received a briefing Commissioners International officials at Delaware Park and on how the program works in has adopted a model rule on Monmouth Park during their neighboring Maryland. concussion protocol, while the live racing seasons to ensure that National Thoroughbred Racing 21% stakes horses Dr. Kelly Ryan, one of five information regarding jockeys Association Safety and Integrity having falls is shared given the MedStar physicians who participate Alliance is looking at making 74% winners/starters in the Horsemen’s Health fact many ride at multiple tracks, concussion protocol part of its code sometimes on the same day. Black System funded by the Maryland of standards. $76,846 a.e./starter Thoroughbred Horsemen’s said he doesn’t see an issue with the Association and Maryland Jockey Ryan said baseline concussion Health Insurance Portability and Over $1.4 million Club, indicated the issue is part testing is required as part of Accountability Act, which safeguards total progeny earnings education and part regulation. the jockey licensing process in medical information, because it’s She said it’s important for other Maryland each year. Should there just a matter of another jurisdiction SIX $100,000+ earners Alix Coleman jurisdictions to adopt the protocol, be a fall, the Maryland Racing saying a jockey can’t ride. SIRE OF: which requires a doctor to sign off Commission and stewards employ “Maryland is on the front-end of DIXIE SERENADE: $296,750 before a jockey is permitted to ride “return to ride” protocol which this, but the only way this works G3 winner, multiple stakes-placed. after a fall. involves a face-to-face concussion (effectively) in the Mid-Atlantic is $425,000 RNA broodmare prospect at evaluation, she said. “We really need to make a culture if all the states buy in,” said Tom Fasig-Tipton November 2018 change,” Ryan told the PHRC. The MedStar physicians visit Chuckas, PHRC Thoroughbred MIDTOWNCHARLYBROWN: $337,668 “It’s time we start educating our the jockeys’ room before live Bureau Director. Fabulous Strike S, multiple stakes-placed riders. If they’re not informed racing each day to inquire if Ryan said other sports are far more Wait for It: $157,810, stakes-placed winner and educated, we’re doing them anyone has been injured, perhaps along when it comes to recognizing Charlybrown’s Rose: $152,168, a disservice. Things people know during training hours, and needs the dangers of concussion and that stakes-placed winner with a concussion, and what they an examination. If a rider has a United States racing lags behind FOUR 2018 2YO winners from 5 starters, actually know, are two different fall during racing hours—on the some international jurisdictions including Grandma Gertie (ran in Saratoga’s things.” track or in the paddock—a doctor when it comes to protocol. But G2 Adirondack S) responds. Active rider Anthony Black, who there has been progress, she said, heads the Parx Racing Jockey “Even if a rider pops off of a horse, and it needs to continue. $4,500 LFSN. $3,500 to PA-foaling mares Association, and Dr. Brian he or she must be cleared to ride,” “We know too much now about Rizen, who has done work at the Ryan said. “If one of us determines concussion to not do anything Pennsylvania track, at the previous he or she has a concussion, they are Inquiries to Bob Hutt about it,” Ryan said. 732-241-6606 GlennGlenn andand BeckyBecky BrokBrok [email protected] • www.utcbstud.com Mohrsville, PA DiamondBFarmPA.comDiamondBFarmPA.com Page 6 PTHANews Winter 2019

uptowncharlybrown0319.indd 1 1/23/19 1:30 PM #1 SIRE IN NORTH AMERICA IN MOVING UP HIS MARES UPTOWNCHARLYBROWN Average Earnings Index 2.16 Comparable Index 0.78 Higher AEI than INTO MISCHIEF, MEDAGLIA D’ORO, KITTEN’S JOY, UNCLE MO, SPEIGHTSTOWN, etc. #1 2018 Leading 3rd-crop sire in PA #2 2018 Leading 3rd-crop sire in Mid-Atlantic

21% stakes horses 74% winners/starters $76,846 a.e./starter Over $1.4 million total progeny earnings SIX $100,000+ earners Alix Coleman SIRE OF: DIXIE SERENADE: $296,750 G3 winner, multiple stakes-placed. $425,000 RNA broodmare prospect at Fasig-Tipton November 2018 MIDTOWNCHARLYBROWN: $337,668 Fabulous Strike S, multiple stakes-placed Wait for It: $157,810, stakes-placed winner Charlybrown’s Rose: $152,168, stakes-placed winner FOUR 2018 2YO winners from 5 starters, including Grandma Gertie (ran in Saratoga’s G2 Adirondack S)

$4,500 LFSN. $3,500 to PA-foaling mares

Inquiries to Bob Hutt 732-241-6606 GlennGlenn andand BeckyBecky BrokBrok [email protected] • www.utcbstud.com Mohrsville, PA DiamondBFarmPA.comDiamondBFarmPA.com

uptowncharlybrown0319.indd 1 1/23/19 1:30 PM Dick Jerardi + Let’s Go Racing Parx Present . . . Around the Parx Oval Sign of the Times

Parx Racing Hall of Famer Dick Jerardi presents a new series dedicated to the hardworking people on our very own Parx backstretch. Below is just one of those articles; for more, check out www.letsgoracingparx.com, register for our digital mailing list on our website; and/or follow us on social media!

The sign in front of the wire fence reads: “No houses here thanks to the Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Fund.” Richard Simoff put the sign in front of a recently- acquired 10 acres at his Twin Ponds Farm, which is south of Oxford, Pa., not far from the Maryland border. “I have 35 acres; I’ve been here for 30 years,” Simoff

said. “About five years ago, a real estate agent called Photo: Kate DeMasi me and said, ‘there’s 10 acres bordering your fence and percent to me, so my (PHBA money) from one race was they are going to put three houses there.’ I cashed in the like $23,000.” IRA, and put the down payment on the land.” He is not touting himself as a breeding genius. He So, he now has 45 acres and he saved some of knows better. Pennsylvania’s disappearing open space. “A lot of this is just plain, dumb luck,” he said. “This is preserving land,” Simoff said. “It’s doing a lot of good so I put the sign out.” You just hope the horse you breed gets with the right people who know what they are doing and you can get Simoff, like so many in the commonwealth’s some of that breeding bonus money on the back end. horse business, is frustrated by the numerous false Simoff will not sell to just anybody. He really wants to misconceptions that are making the rounds in the sell to smart people who plan to race in Pennsylvania. state legislature. He notes that the Pennsylvania horse racing industry is anything but rich Arab sheiks coming “There’s a big difference in trainers,” Simoff said. to Pennsylvania to take all of the money from the Simoff bred the good three-year-old filly Pennsylvania Derby while everybody else is left behind. Smokinpaddylassie, who is trained at Parx by Eddie It is actually quite a huge business with money flowing Coletti, Jr., and owned by newcomer Ed Bruzek. through it that creates thousands of jobs. He bought Smokinpaddylassie’s dam in foal at “I have a half-mile track,” Simoff said. “I used to run Keeneland for $6,200. He ended up selling another foal horses off the farm… Now I mostly break horses, before Smokinpaddylassie won a stake at Laurel in maybe 100 yearlings a year, 2-year-olds. And then I had March. And then the mare sadly died not long after. some broodmares that I left turned out. I leave them out 24 hours a day and bring them in when they foal. If “That’s what happens,” Simoff said, “It was a triple you have the land, it doesn’t cost as much. You just feed whammy. At least I got some breeder’s awards. I only them twice a day.” get 20 percent because they were sired out-of-state.” Simoff thinks he is going to get almost $100,000 in Regardless of the individual success or failures, it’s breeder’s awards this year. people like Richard Simoff who make the business “go” in Pennsylvania. He promotes open space with his farm. “It’s not my bread and butter, but it helps,” he said. He helps young horses get ready for training. He breeds He had one filly win in September at Parx when the horses. He sells horses. And he proudly placed a sign on purse was $70,000. She was PA-sired “so it was 40 his fence that should serve as a reminder for everybody.

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Winter 2019 PTHANews Page 9 Saving Our Horses Saves Us SPOTLIGHT ON TFH PARTNER FARMS Thoughts from Program Administrator Danielle Montgomery Turning for Home, Inc. is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to find homes for Parx Racing’s retiring thoroughbreds. P.O. Box 300, Bensalem, PA 19020 • 267-223-3418 • www.turningforhome.org The achievements of PTHA’s poorly before selling Turning for Home over the past ten them to slaughter. More years are the result of the combined recently, veterinary efforts of every horseman at student Fallon Parx. Congratulations! After ten Blackwood was arrested years, your retirement program in Alabama, accused has assisted 2,547 horses into of tricking people into safe retirement here at Parx and giving her horses to become the solution to the problem rehome and then selling of the unwanted, at-risk retired them for meat. racehorses. In 2018, TFH intake represented 6,439 lifetime starts Vigilance and common Sunshine Love. sense are tools we need Photo Courtesy: Diana Henkensiefken and 735 career wins. By taking Their beauty heals our souls. Watch the reins and establishing this to battle for the horses who depend on us, and horsemen any paddock during saddling time program, we have become a model and you will catch a glimpse of that for the industry where racetrack at Parx Racing are well armed with a full-service adoption program calming connection. Go to a horse after racetrack has implemented farm, and take in the whole view. similar programs, but the ultimate that provides updates to the former responsibility does not end here. owners and trainers on the status Sunshine Love is helping his owner It is still up to every individual of their retirees. Keeping up with in her battle with cancer. The feisty owner to make the best decisions the hundreds of adoptions that gelding will stand quietly as long for their own horses, whether they result from over 300 new retiring as needed when his mom needs a bred them, trained them, or own racehorses each year is more than break, wherever and whenever that them now. TFH was established to a full time job. With the front line may be. Conquest Wildcat was just address the problem of our beloved manned by our experienced and another retired gelding in a field, racehorses going to slaughter, but it caring Partner Farm Trainers, the until a little girl fell in love. That is just one weapon. Making smart backside office focuses on the huge spark had evaded every therapist choices at the end of a horse’s task of following up with adopters her mom had found after a life racing career is not just about and maintaining files on their tragedy that the girl had witnessed. saving them, it is about saving our progress as they are rehabilitated Grey Goose Kid came back to our sport, our livelihood, and ourselves. and rehabbed and, ultimately, program after his first owner was rehomed. ill, but he is returning the favor by No matter if we help 2,500 horses Every owner or trainer has a helping his current owner battle for or a million, from year one or ten, her household’s health. sooner or later a story will surface memory of a great win that exposing the injustices our horses came at just the right time. Most As we begin a new decade might receive if we are not vigilant. of the people who work on the dedicated to making our sport In 2012, Kelsey Lefever allegedly backside are here because we love the best it can be, let’s remember deceived racehorse owners in Pa. the horses, but these jobs have why we are here, and recommit to by pretending to be repurposing provided for our families. They the horses who make it possible. them and instead treated them save us too. That is the epic love Saving them, saves us. story between humans and horses.

Page 10 PTHANews Winter 2019 SPOTLIGHT ON TFH PARTNER FARMS

Turning for Home has assembled a talented network of Partner Farms who have accepted the challenge of providing racehorse aftercare to the horses of Parx Racing. Spotlight On TFH Partner Farms allows the racing world to meet some of these selfless horsemen and horsewomen. Cardinal Ridge Equestrian Center Barre, Massachusetts Partner Since: 2017 Total Horses: 7

Cardinal Ridge Equestrian Center is a premier training, boarding and rehabilitation facility located in the beautiful hills of Barre, Massachusetts. Since an early age, own- er Karla Christiansen has been in the “horse world”, as her father Ned Allard is a well-respected Thoroughbred racehorse trainer at Parx Racing. This experience is what makes her fantastic at what she does. Her desire to make a supportive and uplifting place for her clients to enjoy time with their horses is the motivating factor for her creation of Cardinal Ridge Equestrian Center.

Here are some ways that you can help your horses of Turning for Home! Attend In conjunction with the Retired Racehorse Project, TFH will be represented by Meg + Danielle Montgomery at the PA Horse World Expo on Feb. 28 from 2:00-3:00 PM in the Large Arena of the Farm Show Complex, hosting a clinic “So You Want to Ride Your OTTB Western?” Donate One of the easiest ways to support Turning for Home’s retiring racehorses is to donate just $100 each time you win a race at Parx! Other owners are generous enough to donate their “out-of-the-money” purses. There are many creative ways to support TFH; contact the Horsemen’s Bookkeeper today!

Each year we partner with the Granny Fund to present a basket raffle, silent auction & 50/50 at the annual Horsemen’s Awards Banquet. You can help by making a tax-deductible donation of items or services. Be sure to attend the banquet on March 27 - you could be one of the lucky winners!

Did you know that we can receive 10-35¢ from participating feed companies for each proof of purchase that is donated? If you use 40 bags of feed a week, that’s $200-700 per year! We are in the process of updating our available merchandise, so be sure to check back on our website and follow us on social media for the big reveal!

Amazon Smile, iGive, and PayPal are easy ways to donate at any time. Sponsor We are now seeking sponsors for our 6th Annual Turning for Home Day on June 22. Sign up early and don’t miss out on supporting our great day!

Winter 2019 PTHANews Page 11 Over 250 horses were adopted in 2018 . . . here are some of our favorites!

Meet New Director of Racing “Dave O.” 2018 ADOPTED HORSES

David Osojnak became the new Director of Racing at Parx in the final quarter of 2018, and while horsemen quickly learned that he is friendly, with an open-door policy, he also has an ethical side that comes from his upbringing as well as his former law career. In December, “Dave O.” held a unique “Meet and Greet” session in the Recreation Hall to officially introduce himself to Parx horsemen, and was met with great enthusiasm by all who attended, including the PTHA staff and Marketing Director Nikki Sherman, who followed up with several questions.

like that in my memory, and I’m at NYRA, where I worked most excited to be working with you recently for four years as a racing again moving forward. official, accredited steward and assistant racing secretary. Horse racing was your passion, but not your career at first. How I also want to note that I’ve did you end up coming back to been an owner (with West Point racing? Thoroughbreds) and worked on a small breeding farm, so I’ve truly When I graduated college, I experienced many aspects of the worked at Merrill Lynch in industry in a hands-on way. international banking, but I just wasn’t happy so I decided to start How has your experience at Parx taking classes in law at night. I been so far? Photo: Kim Pratt ended up practicing real estate Tell us a little about your First of all, I’m very happy that background. law for about ten years. But I still wasn’t happy, so at 42 years old I (COO) Joe Wilson gave me this I was born in Queens, New York. decided to change careers. I went opportunity. The condition book My father was a union worker. to the University of Arizona’s Race was my first challenge, and I feel My mother was born in Europe Track Industry Program for a year that it went well. I have some and came over in the 1950s. My and a half, and it was during that ideas for the future to tighten three brothers and I went to a very experience that I first came to Parx it up, including adding some strict Catholic grammar school Racing as an intern under (prior more PA-Bred races. I’ll also be and a similarly strict all-boys high Director of Racing) Sal Sinatra. I more stringent on the next stall school. So that instilled upon us a genuinely enjoyed the horsemen application. I always like to be strong sense of who we were and and product at Parx. challenged and educated, and I’ve how to treat other people. definitely experienced that in my After graduating from Arizona, I time here so far. When were you introduced to held many jobs. I initially returned horse racing? to New York, but soon after went Is there anything else you’d like to The Jockey Club in Lexington to tell the horsemen at Parx? My dad took me to the racetrack working on the Thoroughbred I’d like them to know that I love for the first time when I was in Aftercare Alliance program, my early teens and ever since racing and I want to grow this then moved to Equibase - also here at Parx. I look at everyone as then, I’ve had racing in my blood. in Lexington. However, I really I remember exactly where I was individuals; you’re all the same. wasn’t happy sitting in an office And know that I’m fair but firm. standing when Wild Again won the all day. I wanted to work with ‘wild finish’ at the first Breeders’ I don’t have time for games, so if horses and the horsemen more, you’re helping me, I’m helping Cup, and I was there when Mom’s so I took positions at Calder Race Command won the Triple Tiara. you. Also, my door is always open; Course and Monmouth Park. I please don’t hesitate to stop in. Oh, She was trained by (Parx’s own) finally ended up back in New York Ned Allard. I have many moments and feel free to call me ‘Dave O.’!

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Winter 2019 PTHANews Page 15 MATCH Series Returns with More Engaging Format in 2019 Let’s Go Racing Parx Moves to WPHL-TV, Channel 17

After a celebrated and highly “We were thrilled 3-Year-Old & Up Sprint - Dirt Division successful return to the racing by the successful 4/20/19 Frank Whiteley, Jr., S. $100,000 6 F LRL calendar last year, the MATCH return of the 6/01/19 Chocolatetown Sprint S. $100,000 6 F PEN Series (Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred MATCH Series 7/13/19 Hockessin S. $100,000 6 F DEL Championships) will return in in 2018,” said 9/02/19 Bensalem S. $100,000 6 F PRX 2019, featuring a new format Alan Foreman, 9/28/19 Mr. Prospector S. $100,000 6 F MTH designed to encourage more creator of the participation from horsemen, brand MATCH Series 3-Year-Old & Up Sprint - Turf Division the series as special event days at and Chairman and 4/20/19 King T. Leatherbury S. $100,000 5 1/2 F LRL the participating racetracks, and Chief Executive 6/01/19 PA Governor’s Cup $100,000 5 F PEN make it easier for the racing public Officer of the 7/13/19 Glasgow S. $100,000 7 1/2 F DEL to follow the series. Thoroughbred 9/02/19 Neshaminy S. $100,000 7 1/2 F PRX Horsemen’s 9/28/19 Rainbow Heir S. $100,000 5 1/2 F MTH In a change to the historic Association. scheduling of series races and a “Despite the 3-Year-Old & Up Filly & Mare first for the series, each track will most challenging Sprint - Dirt Division host a MATCH Series day and a weather conditions 4/10/19 Primonetta S. $100,000 6 F LRL race in each of the four MATCH in Mid-Atlantic 6/01/19 Penn Ladies Dash $100,000 6 F PEN divisions will be contested on the history, the series 7/13/19 Dashing Beauty S. $100,000 6 F DEL card that day. The 2019 series will exceeded all of 9/02/19 Roamin Rachel S. $100,000 6 F PRX debut at Laurel Park April 20. The our expectations 9/28/19 Regret S. $100,000 6 F MTH series will then move to Hollywood and we are proud Casino at Penn National Race and excited to 3-Year-Old & Up Filly & Mare Course June 1, Delaware Park bring it back. We Long - Turf Division July 13, Parx Racing Sept. 2, and learned a lot in our 4/20/19 Dahlia S. $100,000 1 M LRL conclude with Championship Day return last year 6/01/19 Susquehanna S. $100,000 1 1/16 M PEN at Monmouth Park Sept. 28. and have tried to 7/13/19 Just A Kiss S. $100,000 1 1/16 M DEL There will be four divisions: 3-Year make changes that 9/02/19 Salvatore M. DeBunda - $100,000 1 1/16 M PRX PTHA President’s Cup Old & Up Sprint–Dirt Division; are the product Pennsylvania 9/28/19 Violet S. $100,000 1 1/16 M MTH 3-Year Old & Up Sprint–Turf of numerous Division; 3-Year Old & Up Fillies conversations with order of finish, and the leading The Only Place to Breed & Race and Mares Sprint–Dirt Division, series participants, horsemen, track points earners in each of the series and 3-Year Old & Up Fillies and management and fans. divisions, as well as the overall owner and trainer points leaders, Mares Long–Turf Division. Each “We think the 2019 series will be win lucrative bonuses. In addition, division will have five stakes. a credit to Mid-Atlantic racing and The Pennsylvania Stallion Roster the breeders of each competing generate tremendous interest and The purse for each series race will colt/gelding and fillies/mares earn enthusiasm throughout the racing has greatly expanded with be $100,000 with a total purse pool points with the breeders earning industry. MATCH is an enormous of $2 million. Bonuses for owners bonuses for horses that win their undertaking and the remarkable top-notch choices in 2019. and trainers will total $375,000 division. with $75,000 in divisional bonuses, collaborative effort of all of the $50,000 to the overall series MATCH partners is unprecedented With 50% breeder awards for maidens (1st-3rd) winning owner and $25,000 to the in the industry.” & 40% for all other races, the choice is easy. winning trainer. In addition, there Horses competing in MATCH will be breeder’s bonuses totaling Series divisions earn points per $40,000. Visit pabred.com to view our interactive Stallion Directory. race based on participation and PC: KIM PRATT

Page 16 PTHANews Winter 2019 Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association . 701 E Baltimore Pike Suite E Kennett Square PA . 19348 . 610-444-1050 . www.pabred.com MATCH Series Returns with More Engaging Format in 2019 Let’s Go Racing Parx Moves to WPHL-TV, Channel 17

The region’s only television allow more people to see the team at Channel 17 to expand the program covering thoroughbred show, since their programming is audience for thoroughbred racing.” horse racing is on the move! available via over the air, cable, and satellite systems. This is In addition to the weekly show, Starting January 5, 2019, the Parx great for our loyal fans and will the widely popular Pennsylvania Racing-based, weekly television help attract a new audience to Derby, the premier racing event show, Let’s Go Racing Parx, began thoroughbred horse racing.” When at Parx Racing and a top race for to air on WPHL-TV, Channel 17. the show moves to WPHL-TV, it three-year olds, will also now be The show has long been sponsored will continue in its current time slot broadcast on WPHL. “We have and supported by the PTHA, of Saturdays, at 10:00 AM. long targeted Let’s Go Racing Parx and has been a fixture on local and the PA Derby as assets for television for two decades. It’s the Joe Wilson, COO of Parx Racing, WPHL-TV,” said Vincent Giannini only program in the region that says he’s happy the show is making SVP/General Manager of Channel features highlights of local racing, the move, “Thoroughbred racing 17. “Let’s Go Racing Parx is a as well as major and national stakes is obviously popular across the great fit with our growing list of races. Delaware Valley. We see that with local broadcast assets,” Giannini the current attendance at our racing added, “and we are thrilled to be “This is a tremendous opportunity events and through the increasing the new home of the PA Derby. for Let’s Go Racing Parx,” said number of new fans visiting us This race is the diamond in this Salvatore M. DeBunda, Esq., at Parx Racing. Providing the new relationship and we look President of the PTHA and show with the widest possible forward to sharing the PA Derby Executive Producer of the show. audience simply makes sense. We with the current audience as well as “The move to Channel 17 will look forward to working with the prospective new fans.”

Pennsylvania The Only Place to Breed & Race The Pennsylvania Stallion Roster has greatly expanded with top-notch choices in 2019. With 50% breeder awards for maidens (1st-3rd) & 40% for all other races, the choice is easy. Visit pabred.com to view our interactive Stallion Directory. PC: KIM PRATT

Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association . 701 E Baltimore Pike Suite E Kennett Square PA . 19348 . 610-444-1050 . www.pabred.com Parx is First to Begin Microchipping

With the required implementation of microchips in Thoroughbred racehorses for all foals of 2017 and later, it should come as no surprise that lip tattoos will soon become obsolete. That change will be in effect by 2020, when physical foal papers will also be discontinued. While tattoos have been used for years as a form of identification, oftentimes the tattoo becomes difficult or even impossible to decipher. Microchips have been studied in the United States and other countries - including Australia, Europe, South Africa and Asia - and are proven to be more reliable and accurate for positive identification. Puerto Rico has used microchips rather than tattoos for more than five years. Photos: Nikki Sherman Parx Racing officially became the first racetrack in “Even unknown to many owners here, at least the Mid-Atlantic region to begin microchipping its one horse in every barn so far had already been equine population on November 23, 2018, thanks to microchipped when we scanned them,” noted a partnership with the PTHA and The Jockey Club Montgomery. “Also, Canadian chips are often in setting up a pilot program to microchip the entire implanted in their nostrils, while some from Europe backstretch - approximately 1,300 horses. Since then, are on the right side of their neck. In the U.S., the chip, over 350 Parx Thoroughbreds have been microchipped which is about the size of a grain of rice, is usually by the team of veterinarian Dr. Tom Lurito, Parx implanted in the nuchal ligament on the left, in the Horse Identifier Daniela Hampshire, and Turning for middle third of the neck.” Home Program Administrator Danielle Montgomery. While many Parx trainers have had questions about “The PTHA was proactive in chipping the older the process, just watching the microchipping team horses on the backside so we can more readily use this work its way through their barn have put everyone at technology for lasix, the paddock, and even eventually ease. the stable gate,” said Montgomery. “We are the first track in the Mid-Atlantic region to actually enforce it and say “It’s just like getting any other needle. It’s very that everyone on the backside needs to be chipped. And quick and the horses do not need to be tranq’d,” said all the other tracks are following suit.” Montgomery. “In fact, out of the first 350 horses that Medical care so advanced we did, we only had an issue with one young filly who Many of the was already sensitive and hard to handle. The rest of three-year-olds it almost makes you wish them just stood there.” on the backside you were a horse. had already been Using microchips rather than tattoos should ultimately microchipped help with one of the biggest issues in the sport, We offer every type of medical care your four-legged prior to arrival integrity. Eventually, not only will horses be scanned athlete could ever need. With board-certified specialists at Parx Racing, by veterinarians prior to treatment as well as by the in all fields we provide everything from upper airway, arthroscopic and laparoscopic surgeries, to internal as their breeders horse identifier in the paddock, but also by security as handled chipping medicine, complex fracture fixation and advanced horses travel through the stable gate. diagnostic imaging, including bone scans, MRIs and robotic as part of the CT — all in one place. It’s enough to make a human jealous. registration For more information, including videos, about process. All microchipping and its future in Thoroughbreds 609.397.0078 owners of foals of 2017 received a free microchip as registered with The Jockey Club, visit 40 Frontage Road, Ringoes, NJ40 08551 Frontage | midatlanticequine.com Road Ringoes, NJ 08551 part of the registration and genetic sampling kit. http://www.registry.jockeyclub.com. www.midatlanticequine.com

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Winter 2019 PTHANews Page 19 Keystone Turf Club Inc Bensalem Racing Association, Inc 1/1/19 - 6/24/19 6/25/19 - 12/31/19 Backstretch Views

Jayce Peter Krusen was born on October 14, 2018, weighing in at 7 lb. 10 oz. and 19.5 in. He is the first great-grandchild of longtime Live Racing Schedule 2019 stewards’ secretary Sandy Caruso (and husband Antonio “Tony” Post Times Caruso, retired trainer). Jayce’s ecstatic parents are Zach Krusen and Barbara E. Caruso. 12:25pm: 1/1/19 - 1/29/19 12:55pm: 2/2/19 - 11/2/19 12:25pm: 11/3/19 - 12/31/19 12:25: 9/21/19 - PA Derby / Cotillion Day january february march Parx Hall of Fame trainer Walter Reese passed away on Nov. 10, 2018 at the age of 88. A U.S. Army veteran, he owned Timber Creek Farm in Robbinsville, N.J., where he raised smtwtfs smtwtfs smtwtfs and trained racehorses. Walter broke and trained a young colt named Black Tie Affair, who 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 1 2 won the Malus Stakes at Philadelphia Park before being sold for $125,000. The handsome 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 gray colt went on to earn over $3 million and became Horse of the Year after winning the Breeders’ Cup Classic in 1991. In 1996, Walter saddled Devil’s Honor to a victory in 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 the Pennsylvania Derby (G3). He sent nearly 9,000 horses to the starting gate, and they 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 rewarded him with over $13.5 million in purses and 1,530 victories. Walter was also an 27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 avid recreational pilot, flying both planes and helicopters. He is survived by his loving wife of 31 years, Cynthia, as well as children Judy, Sharon, Tim, Alex and Jennifer, and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. 31 april may june smtwtfs smtwtfs smtwtfs 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 1 Dr. & Mrs. Chovanes were married on December 29, 2018. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Don’t they look wonderful arriving for the wedding on their off-the-track Thoroughbreds? Congratulations to this 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 perfect couple! 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 july august september Longtime trainer and former NYTHA President Rick Violette, Jr., lost his long battle with lung cancer on Oct. 21, 2018. He had been a member of the NYTHA Board smtwtfs smtwtfs smtwtfs for more than 25 years, where he worked tirelessly for the horsemen of his state, 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 setting up programs for health care, education, rider safety, and substance abuse 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 counseling. He was also a founding member of the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance 14 17 18 19 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 and co-created the Take the Lead Thoroughbred Retirement Program as well as 15 16 20 15 16 17 21 their TAKE2 Second Career Thoroughbred Program, both of which gave New York 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 OTTBs an opportunity to have a second career upon retirement from racing. 28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 29 30 “There aren’t enough words to adequately describe Rick’s contributions to the racing industry,” said THA Chairman Alan Foreman. “Simply put, he was a giant october november december of our industry and a consequential force... Horsemen’s leaders are oft criticized. smtwtfs smtwtfs smtwtfs Rick was beloved. ...Besides being a great leader off the track, he was also a damned good and respected horseman, who thankfully was enjoying the greatest success of his career before illness took him down.” 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Do you have any news for Backstretch Views? 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 We’re always on the lookout for backstretch news. Contact Nikki Sherman, Marketing & Publicity Director, 27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 29 30 31 in the Administration Building, send over an email to [email protected], or message us on Facebook.

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Live Racing Schedule 2019 Post Times 12:25pm: 1/1/19 - 1/29/19 12:55pm: 2/2/19 - 11/2/19 12:25pm: 11/3/19 - 12/31/19 12:25: 9/21/19 - PA Derby / Cotillion Day january february march smtwtfs smtwtfs smtwtfs 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 1 2 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 april may june smtwtfs smtwtfs smtwtfs 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 1 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 july august september smtwtfs smtwtfs smtwtfs 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 29 30

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come, play, win 1/2/19 Doors Open: 11:00 a.m. | Simulcasting: Noon - Midnight Daily Chaplain’s Corner Chaplain Rick Bunker

“1I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a girl. 2For what is man’s lot from God above, his heritage from the Almighty on high? 3Is it not ruin for the wicked, disaster for those who do wrong?” - Job 31:1-3 (NIV) This is a different passage to start my column thrust at us, but we can predetermine not to with, but I have been bombarded with reports ‘behold’ inappropriate things, passing people, about the ubiquitous temptations and tragedies etc., even if we are in the habit of it. Is this resulting from visuals, the internet has ramped impossible? On our own it very probably is this up to a staggering degree, and while all impossible, but if we let God help us, we can do around us there is hardship and heartbreak, the impossible. there are many who consider it innocuous. Job thought it was very serious. He is defending You may have visuals like a train of freight his innocence and we might wonder why is he cars that you are dragging behind you, but with bringing this into his defense – because he God they can be disconnected, and blown to considers, and he makes it clear God considers smithereens. Romans 6:11 says, “reckon ye it a big part of spiritual, and social health – also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but making a covenant with one’s eyes to guard alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.” oneself from such things. If this was necessary, There are things that we feel we can never be nearly 4,000 years ago, in Job’s day it seems free from, that could never be “reckoned dead,” it must be all the more essential in our day of but with God they can quickly and completely exponentially more visuals. become a thing of the past. It’s amazing, but true. Current research estimates that the human retina can transmit visual input at about the God has made great promises regarding his 2018 Year in Review same rate as an Ethernet connection! With such restorative powers. In Joel chapter 2 is this 25And I will restore to you the power we don’t want the eyes to lead our heart great promise: “ years that the locust hath eaten, …. 26And ye – because as William Blake wrote as long ago shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise as 1810: “This life’s five windows of the soul – the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt Distorts the Heavens from pole to pole, - And wondrously with you: and my people shall never leads you to believe a lie – When you see with, be ashamed. 27And ye shall know that I am in not thro’, the eye.” the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your As we start a new year it would be a very good God, and none else: and my people shall never time to start a new habit of guarding our souls be ashamed.” from what we look at. Sometimes visuals are “For we walk by faith, not by sight.” - 2 Corinthians 5:7 (NASB) Memories of 2018

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Quality Products and Discount Prices Whether you’re stabled right here at Parx Racing, or down for the day to saddle a horse, visit the HPA Store for all of your equine supplies! Valentine’s Day Special

Valid on all products currently in stock (excluding feed & shavings) at the HPA store on Valentine’s Day (February 14, 2019). Minimum $50.00 purchase. No coupon required.

Hours (every day except Wed.) Horsemen’s Purchasing Association Tack Shop: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Vicky Mangini, HPA Manager Feed/Shavings Trailers: 8:00 am - 1:00 pm 215.638.2012 | 2786 Galloway Road (shipping) Ice House: 8:00 am - 2:00 pm P.O. Box 300, Bensalem, PA 19020 (mailing)

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MICROCHIPPING On November 23, 2018, the first PTHA-sponsored, Jockey Club-provided microchip was inserted into a Parx Thoroughbred racehorse. Since then, between 20-70 horses have been microchipped each week with the assistance of veterinarian Dr. Tom Lurito, Parx Horse Identifier Daniela Hampshire, and Turning for Home Program Administrator Danielle Montgomery. By the year 2020, all racehorses must be microchipped, and lip

tattoos as well as physical foal papers will be discontinued. “He forgot his badge.” Photo: Kate DeMasi

EVENTS The MATCH Series returned to the Mid-Atlantic region tracks in 2018 and was met with enthusiasm by participants. The program was slightly adjusted for 2019 and is expected to become even more popular with those changes (see page 16). The PTHA also hosted its 10th Annual Owners Appreciation Day in September, which was well-attended as always. And of course, Pennsylvania Derby and Cotillion Day was a huge success.

Winter 2019 PTHANews Page 23 Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association FIRST CLASS P.O. Box 300 PRESORT Bensalem, PA 19020 U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT #113 215-638-2012: Fax 215-638-2919 LANGHORNE, PA www.patha.org President Salvatore M. DeBunda, Esq. Executive Director Michael P. Ballezzi, Esq. 1st Vice President Steven A. Appel, DDS 2nd Vice President Philip Aristone Treasurer Nicholas Saponara Director/Owners Director/Trainers Lisa Allen Philip Aristone Steve Appel, DDS Kathleen DeMasi Charles Asensio Ronald Glorioso Michael P. Ballezzi, Esq. Robert Reid, Jr. Nicholas Saponara John Servis Officer Manager Connie Youmans Horsemen’s Purchasing Association Vicky Mangini, Manager Turning for Home, Inc. Danielle Montgomery, Program Administrator Marketing & Publicity Nikki Sherman, Director Health Care Amanda-Kate Lenzi, Coordinator Controller & Pension Michael A. Colucci, CPA Attorneys Archer & Greiner, P.C.

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