FROM OFF THE PACE: Pennsylvania Derby (G1)

FROM OFF THE PACE: Pennsylvania Derby (G1)

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — With the Breeders’ Cup six weeks away, nine horses have been guaranteed spots in the starting gate for the Classic by virtue of having won “Win-and-You’re-In” races earlier this year. The six US-based qualifiers are Hit Show (Dubai World Cup), Mindframe (Stephen Foster), Journalism (Haskell), Sierra Leone (Whitney), Fierceness (Pacific Classic), and Antiquarian (Jockey Club Gold Cup). The three foreign-based horses to ea…

McKinzie's Baeza Runs To His Odds To Take GI Pennsylvania Derby

Heavy favorite Baeza (McKinzie–Puca, by Big Brown) ran to his 7-5 odds to take the GI Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing on Saturday afternoon. Breaking from one of the outside gates, the chalk settled towards the back of the field as a trio of pacesetters looked to carve out the fractions through the first turn. Towards the end of the backstretch, Baeza was on the chase and proceeded to make a sweeping move around the far turn. Gobbling up groun…

Baeza Wins Pennsylvania Derby, Clicquot Pops the Champagne in

Baeza was forced to settle for third in both the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve and the Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets this spring, but he could not be denied a Grade 1 win any longer. Read More...

Pennsylvania Derby: Breeder Clay will watch Baeza from afar

If Baeza becomes a stakes winner for the first time Saturday in the Grade 1, $1 million Pennsylvania Derby, one of his most important connections will not be there at Parx to see it. “Unfortunately, no,” breeder and co-owner Robert Clay said. “This trip has been planned for a couple of years.” Click here for Parx entries and results. Clay was speaking via Zoom this week from England. He and some of his old friends from his days as a student at W…