Pennsylvania Derby Headlines $2.5 Million Up for Grabs at Parx
UPDATED: September 21, 2017
The field for the 2017 running of the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby for 3 year olds going 1 1/8 miles will feature the newest star from the barn of Bob Baffert.
West Coast, the recent winner of the G1 Travers at Saratoga, has now won four in a row and will be looking to nail down top 3 year old honors in a year where it’s anyone’s to win.
He’ll face off against Irap the upset winner of the G2 Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland, who ultimately finished a distant 18th in the Kentucky Derby beaten 40 lengths by the less than impressive classmate Always Dreaming.
Irap is listed as the 3 to 1 second choice off his third place finish in the Travers.
Here’s the field for Pennsylvania Derby 2017
- Timeline – Trained by Chad Brown and will be ridden by Javier Castellano
- Outplay – Trained by Todd Pletcher and will be ridden by John Velazquez
- Watch Me Whip – Trained by Dale Romans and will be ridden by Robbie Albarado
- West Coast – Trained by Bob Baffert and will be ridden by Mike Smith
- Irap – Trained by Doug O’Neill and will be ridden by Mario Gutierrez
- Talk Logistics – Trained by Eddie Plesa and wll be ridden by F Pennington
- Game Over – Trained by Jorge Navarro and will be ridden by Kendrick Carmouche
- Irish War Cry – Trained by Graham Motion and will be ridden by F Lynch
- Term of Art – Trained by Doug O’Neill and will be ridden by D Van Dyke
- Guiseppe the Great – Trained by Nick Zito and will be ridden by Luis Saez
Pennsylvania Derby 2017 & Cotillion Day
Saturday, September 23, 2017
Featured Races:
$1 Million G1 Pennsylvania Derby – Free PPs
$1 Million G1 Cotillion Stakes
$300,000 G3 Gallant Bob
$150k PA Derby Champion Stakes
$100k Alphabet Soup Stakes
Gates Open: 10:00am
First Live Post: 12:25pm
