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For Connections of I’m a Chatterbox, Cotillion Win a Delicious Ending to a Memorable Day

A big sign at the entrance to Parx Racing on Saturday directed the owners of stakes runners to a dedicated dining area on one of the upper floors of the clubhouse, a special hospitality area for the people who had brought their horses to run on the track’s biggest day of racing. Barely an hour…

September 22, 2015 in Parx.

“I didn’t think this would ever happen to me.” Kerwin Clark & Lovely Maria Win the Oaks

A year ago, trainer Larry Jones had just recently been released from the hospital. Known for exercising his own horses, he’d been thrown by a rambunctious 2-year-old, landing on his face and suffering serious internal injuries. A month ago, 56-year-old jockey Kerwin Clark had never won a Grade I race. On Friday afternoon, they were…

May 1, 2015 in Kentucky Oaks 2015.

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