Multiple grade/group III stakes winner Waterway Run will make her first start in her home state when she takes on fellow Pennsylvania-bred fillies and mares in the $100,000 Mrs. Penny Stakes on the grass Sept. 6 at Parx Racing.
The Mrs. Penny, at 1 1/16 miles, is one of five stakes for Pennsylvania-breds on the "Pennsylvania's Day at the Races" program. There are seven other races on the 12-race card also for state-breds, including two maiden special weight events for 2-year-olds.
Owned by Martin Schwartz and trained by Chad Brown, Waterway Run raced in England, winning the Sakhee Oh So Sharp Stakes (Eng-III), before making her United States debut at 2 in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Santa Anita Park. The 4-year-old Arch filly finished an even sixth in that event and returned to Europe for her 2013 campaign.
Waterway Run returned to the states this past winter. She finished second in the Hillsborough Stakes (gr. IIIT) and won the Beaugay Stakes (gr. IIIT) before finishing sixth in the grade I Just A Game Stakes on the grass. The filly hasn't raced since July 4, when she finished third in the Perfect Sting Stakes on the grass at Belmont Park.
Brown this year has 14 starts at Parx with 12 wins and one second-place finish.
The other 2014 stakes winner in the Mrs. Penny is Norris Gelman, Daniel McConnell, and trainer Michael Salvaggio's Lenape Rim, who took the Lyphard Stakes for Pennsylvania-bred females on the turf at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in late May. Lenape Rim, a 5-year-old Rimrod mare, has 10 wins and 12 placed finishes from 33 starts in her career and is approaching the $500,000 mark in earnings.
The other stakes on the program each are worth $75,000: the Dr. Teresa Garofalo Memorial for 3-year-old fillies at six furlongs, the Marshall Jenney Handicap for 3-year-olds and up at five furlongs on the turf, the Banjo Picker for 3-year-olds and up at six furlongs, and the Roanoke Stakes for 3-year-olds and up at 1 1/16 miles.
In the Marshall Jenney, the highweight at 122 pounds is Cavanaugh and Breen Farm's This Ain't No Bull, who won the event last year and has two other wins at five furlongs on the grass at Parx. The 7-year-old Holy Bull gelding trained by Cynthia Reese has faced the likes of Ben's Cat, Tightend Touchdown, and Marchman in stakes this year.
In at 115 pounds is the improving Harlan's Holiday 4-year-old colt Oklahoma Crude, who has won his last three starts for owner Barlar LLC and trainer Bernard Houghton. Oklahoma Crude, who didn't make his career debut until March of this year, broke his maiden at five furlongs on the turf at Penn National and in his last two starts won allowances races on the Tapeta surface at Presque Isle Downs & Casino.
Purses for Pennsylvania's Day at the Races will total about $634,000.
Parx Racing, Saturday, September 06, 2014, Race 7Entries: Dr. Teresa Garofalo Memorial S.
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1Pixie Dust (PA) David Cora 116 James L. Lawrence, II - 2 2One Fast Chick (PA) Andrew Wolfsont 116 T. Bernard Houghton - 3 3Aunt Ellipsis (PA) Inoel Beato 122 Keith W. LeBarron - 4 4Disco Chick (PA) Hector Caballero 118 Mario Serey, Jr. - 5 5Faryn (PA) Gabriel Garcia 116 Carol Lynn Le Vine - 6 6Persuasive Girl (PA) Frankie Pennington 116 Robert E. Reid, Jr. -
Parx Racing, Saturday, September 06, 2014, Race 8Entries: Marshall Jenney H.
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1Atlantic Seaboard (PA) Hector Caballero 116 Ramon Preciado - 2 2El Seventyseven (PA) Frankie Pennington 119 McLean Robertson - 3 3Rockinonthewater (PA) Roberto J. Rosado 114 Carol Lynn Le Vine - 4 4Merry's Honor (PA) John Bisono 119 Kathleen A. Demasi - 5 5Oklahoma Crude (PA) David Cora 115 T. Bernard Houghton - 6 6Heroic Indeed (PA) Angel Castillo 112 David Dotolo - 7 7Ifyougotthenotion (PA) Kendrick Carmouche 112 John C. Servis - 8 8This Ain't No Bull (PA) Jose Luis Flores 122 Cynthia G. Reese - 9 9Distinctive Ink (PA) Clinton L. Potts 116 Todd M. Beattie - 10 10Private Tutor (PA) Jose Delgadillo 116 Wayne C. Cole -
Parx Racing, Saturday, September 06, 2014, Race 9Entries: Banjo Picker Sprint S.
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1Res Judicata (PA) Kendrick Carmouche 124 John C. Servis - 2 2Officer Alex (PA) Frankie Pennington 124 Lynn S. Whiting - 3 3Last Heartbreaker (PA) Wilfredo Corujo 117 Gina Perri - 4 4Rustler Hustler (PA) Jorge A. Vargas, Jr. 117 Marya K. Montoya - 5 5Long May You Run (PA) Clinton L. Potts 111 Mark V. Salvaggio - 6 6Tujoes (PA) Angel Castillo 124 Philip T. Aristone -
Parx Racing, Saturday, September 06, 2014, Race 10Entries: Roanoke S.
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1Arlo (PA) Frankie Pennington 116 Cynthia G. Reese - 2 2Sailor's Revenge (PA) Jose Luis Flores 118 Ramon Preciado - 3 3Traffic Light (PA) John Bisono 116 Alfredo Velazquez - 4 4Van Persie (PA) Eriluis Vaz 116 Michael Zalalas - 5 5Nibiru's Return (PA) UNKNOWN 116 Martin E. Ciresa - 6 6Dynamic Strike (PA) Kendrick Carmouche 116 Michael J. Trombetta - 7 7Keepmeinstitches (PA) Angel Castillo 116 Richard Vega - 8 8Yougotthatgoinforu (PA) Jacqueline A. Davis 118 Philip T. Aristone - 9 9Seventeenohsix (PA) Jorge A. Vargas, Jr. 116 John C. Servis -
Parx Racing, Saturday, September 06, 2014, Race 11Entries: Mrs. Penny S.
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 2 1Cat's Holiday (PA) Mario G. Pino 117 H. Graham Motion - 4 1AAppealing Cat (PA) Kendrick Carmouche 117 H. Graham Motion - 1 2Harvest of Hope (PA) Josiah Francis Hampshire, Jr. 117 Susan Meckling - 3 3Ferry Music (PA) Andrew Wolfsont 117 Marcus Assia - 5 4Previous Honor (PA) John Bisono 117 Roy D. Houghton - 6 5Shekels (PA) Angel Castillo 117 David Dotolo - 7 6Waterway Run (PA) Kendrick Carmouche 124 Chad C. Brown - 8 7Lenape Rim (PA) Josean G. Ramirez 124 Michael W. Salvaggio, Jr. - 9 8Little Often Anni (PA) Frankie Pennington 117 Louis J. Cocelli, Jr. - 10 9Looks Like Sis (PA) Eriluis Vaz 117 Felissa Dunn -