Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association News Bulletin | July 18, 2020 Haskell Day Analysis: Ny Traffic can upset Authentic in Haskell Stakes By Reinier Macatangay July 16, 2020 11:28am Off his first career loss, Authentic makes his next start in the Grade 1, $1 million Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park on Saturday. He is also the low-priced favorite once again, just as in his four career Ny Traffic ran starts. third in his September As always, bettors are 2019 career paying the “Baffert tax” debut at Parx with Authentic. If a Racing but proved much the best in his second Baffert entry has a loss start, posting a 3 ¼-length win Oct. 12 at the in his last start or a bad Bensalem, Pa. track. He closed out his 2-year-old trip, the public will campaign with a pair of unplaced finishes in forgive because Bob stakes races at Parx and Aqueduct, respectively. Baffert is the most The gray or roan Cross Traffic colt made his 3- famous active trainer. year-old debut a winning one for new trainer Authentic is a nice Saffie Joseph Jr., leading from start to finish in a 6 horse with three wins ¾-length triumph Jan. 11, 2020, at Gulfstream in four starts, but the Park. He made his stakes debut in the second value is low. division of the Risen Star Stakes Presented by Lamarque Ford Feb. 15 at Fair Grounds at Here is a quick recap of finished third. He followed with a game runner- Authentic's three starts up finish in the Grade 2 Twinspires.com this year. Louisiana Derby March 21 at Fair Grounds. Ny Traffic returned in the Grade 3 Matt Winn The son of Into Stakes May 23 at Churchill Downs and ran Mischief started off his second to highly regarded Maxfield. campaign in excellent Ny Traffic is out of the winning Graeme Hall form by winning the mare Mamie Reilly. Sham Stakes (G3) by 7 3/4 lengths and the San Read the article by Dick Gerardi on Harry Wyner Felipe Stakes (G2) by 2 for the more on the parx connections to this 1/4 lengths over his awesome horse! nemesis, Honor A. P. In both cases, Authentic won in gate-to-wire Click the Link below for the Haskell Day cheat fashion with an sheet courtesy of America's Best Racing! uncontested lead. However, when Haskell Day Cheat Sheet Authentic did not break well in the Santa Anita Fanelli Talks Derby Trail With Ny Traffic, Grade 1 Derby (G1), he had to Winner Math Wizard THE LIFE March 19th, 2020 BY face adversity by going Tom Pedulla wide on the first turn and contesting the pace. He also ran nine furlongs for the first time. All of those factors eventually caught up... Continue at Horseracingnation... PTHA YouTube Channel Highlights! Click to Subscribe to the PTHA Youtube channel for the latest from the rail at Parx PTHA Peeks Racing with PTHA Publicity Director Dani Gibson! Let's Go Racing Show TRAINER When the newly turned 3-year-old HARRY filly My Best Friend passed the WYNER ON eighth pole with a clear lead in the A ROLL AT seventh race at Aqueduct on Jan. 6, PARX 2019, her trainer Harry Wyner could have been excused if his mind started to wonder to what the July 12th, 2020 New York bred owned by John Fanelli might be able to conquer By Dick next. Jerardi Then, My Best Friend started to shorten stride. She wasn’t getting tired. When you watch the replay now, you can tell something was going wrong. The filly had suffered a major leg injury. “She spiral fractured a cannon bone,’’ Wyner said, “She still finished second. We had to van her off. We gave her a year and a half off and it’s healed.’’ Dr. Patty Hogan explained to Wyner that surgery was not an option for the injury. So it was just all about time. “John was a fantastic owner with this horse, lots of patience,’’ Wyner said. And there was My Best Friend well in front at the eighth pole in the sixth race at Parx on July 7. She kept on running right through the wire, 5 3/4 lengths clear at the finish. It was a very emotional win for obvious reasons. But not nearly the only win. Wyner’s horses won another race that day and two more the next day. “It’s an unbelievable feeling,’’ he said. “We went through the coronavirus. We never ran a horse. I kept these horses training and my help kept with me and did a tremendous job. Without them, I wouldn’t be able to do this. My horses just came back firing.’’ Wyner, originally from Manchester, England, rode steeplechase horses for Michael Dickinson in his native country. When Dickinson moved his operation to America in the late 1980s, Wyner came with him as a groom and exercise rider. His riding background really helps as a trainer. He tries to get on each of his horses at least twice per week. Wyner has had some very nice horses in his training career which began in 2004. He had English Manor at the beginning of his career. The horse ended up running an incredible 115 times, with 15 wins, 20 second, 13 thirds and earnings of $344,650. Read more Parx Daily Handle UP from Last Year Parx Leaderboards Madam Meena takes the lead! Parx Meet Leading Horses With four wins since January, the bay PA- Bred filly Madam Meena, by Include takes the lead for money won during the year at Parx Racing. Trained by Leading Trainer Jamie Ness for Owner/Breeder Michael Cox, the sprinter is leading all the way around! What did her rider say about her last win? Interview with Angel Rodriguez Attention Parx Horsemen` Parx Text Information To receive texts from the Parx Racing Office, text parxracing to 95777 ATTENTION PARX OWNERS and TRAINERS Through this we have one piece of good news. When depositing checks into their Horsemen’s Accounts we held the funds for 14 Days. This policy has now changed – we will now hold these check deposits for 7 days. You will be able to access a link to Incompass financial Services to check your accounts from home. https://hbweb.incompass-solutions.com You need to establish a Universal ID and Password, so call the Horsemen’s Bookkeeper’s Office to get your Web Access Pin Number! Parx Horsemen’s Bookkeeper No More Tattoos Horse Identity established through the TRPB Digital Tattoo Effective January 1, 2020, any Thoroughbred that has not been previously lip tattooed and is making its first lifetime start in a recognized pari-mutuel race, must have the TRPB Digital Tattoo in order to be correctly identified in the paddock and permitted to race. The transition to the TRPB Digital Tattoo follows the recent requirement by The Jockey Club for a horse to be microchipped as part of the registration process. All foals from 2017 onward have a listed microchip on their Jockey Club papers. The Association of Racing Commissioners International (ARCI) passed a model rule regarding Digital Tattoos. The model rule states, effective January 1, 2020, the racing secretary shall ensure that the registration certificates for all Thoroughbred horses that were foaled in 2018 or thereafter have a Digital Tattoo prior to entry in a race. In essence, the Digital Tattoo is an electronic validation of the identity of a horse performed by a trained TRPB technician. The technician will use a scanner to read the horse's microchip and the microchip number will hyperlink to electronic registration information. After fully examining the markings and foal photos contained in the horse's electronic record, the technician will confirm the identity of the horse standing in front of him or her and upload a selection of digital pictures documenting the horse's markings to The Jockey Club's database. The TRPB technician will then place a digital stamp on the electronic certificate of registration. This Digital Tattoo will indicate that the TRPB has verified the identity of the horse and uploaded updated digital photographs to the breed registry's database. For additional information regarding the Digital Tattoo, please click here for FAQ's or contact TRPB at [email protected]. Digital Foal Certificates for 2018 and on foals need to be attached to the owner's user account and transferred each time the horse races at a different track. To learn how to do this, go to The Jockey Club Digital Certificate Management Video and watch the tutorial. Bear with us as everyone navigates the new system. The Jockey Club Tutorial The Jockey Club Website Americas Best Racing Road to the Breeders’ Cup: Challenge Series Resumes with Haskell Stakes RACING July 14th, 2020 BY Patrick Reed After a two-week break, the Road to the Breeders’ Cup resumes on Saturday with a significant prep at the Jersey Shore anchoring the weekend's stakes activity, which has Marylou been adjusted somewhat compared with previous years due to changing Whitney, a track schedules in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The $1 million, Grade 1 TVG.com Saratoga Icon Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park is LEGENDS annually a key event in determining July 17th, 2020 BY Bob Ehalt standings in the 3-year-old dirt male Editor's note: Marylou Whitney passsed division, and that’s especially true away July 19, 2019 at age 93. this summer since for the first time in history it serves as a qualifying points Women have played key roles in horse prep for the Kentucky Derby racing since the venerable sport’s earliest Presented by Woodford Reserve, days.