Subscribe<\/a>\n<\/p>\nGates open at 10 a.m. on Saturday, with the first post at the racetrack off Street Road at 10:35 a.m. <\/p>\n
See the field of horses running in the race below<\/p>\n
There is free parking at Parx Casino and free admission, family fun in the picnic grove, and an air-show spectacular by David Schultz.<\/p>\n
The Pennsylvania Derby features the best thoroughbreds in the national race for victory at PARX Racing. <\/p>\n
The prestigious thoroughbred horse racing event is open to three-year-old horses, who compete on a dirt track spanning 1.125 miles (1.811 km) or 9 furlongs. <\/p>\n
The BetParx Pennsylvania Derby holds Grade I status and has featured a purse of $1 million since 2007. <\/p>\n
However, in 2016, the prize fund was raised to $1.25 million due to the participation of two of three Triple Crown victors: Nyquist, the 2016 Kentucky Derby champion, and Exaggerator, the winner of the 2016 Preakness Stakes.<\/p>\n
The PA Derby started with an inaugural edition on Memorial Day in 1979.<\/p>\n
The race customarily took place on Labor Day between 1990 and 2009, except for 2006, due to significant renovations being completed. <\/p>\n
Over the years, the Pennsylvania Derby has attracted some of the finest thoroughbreds from across the country, adding to the excitement and thrill of the event. <\/p>\n
Many noteworthy horses have etched their names into the race’s history, with notable winners like Broad Brush, Macho Uno, and the 2017 Kentucky Derby winner, Always Dreaming.<\/p>\n
In addition to the main race, the day features several other graded stakes races, ensuring an action-packed experience for horse racing enthusiasts.<\/p>\n
This is the field competing in Saturday’s Derby Day:<\/p>\n
1. ZihnalIron HonorOur MoneymanIgniterTalk to Me JimmyThe PumaFurther AdoFreedom’s EchoSassmasterMicanopyPonder and Dream<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, PA \u2014 And they’re off! At least they will be on Saturday when Parx Racing hosts…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[191,193,192,194],"class_list":["post-288817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bensalem","tag-bensalem","tag-bensalem-headlines","tag-bensalem-news","tag-bensalem-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}