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More Evils of Horseracing Subsidies

FROM HorseracingWrongs.org
August 2023

Racino (Webster's dictionary): "a racetrack at which slot machines are available for gamblers."

Pennsylvania's Parx, again, is a racino, with slots money not only jacking up overall purses but also allowing first-last payouts.

Here’s what that looked like Wednesday:

race 1:
Alonzo Mosely finished 19.75 lengths back; his exploiters – Leslye Bouchard, et al. – took home $2,420. Hornswoggle finished 19.75 lengths back; his exploiters – Michael Dini, et al. – took home $1,320. Rockin Freebee finished 25 lengths back; his exploiters – Josefina Cadena, Alexis Romero – took home $660. Don’t Recall finished 34.75 lengths back; his exploiters – Juan Polanco, Janet Polachek – took home $250.

race 2:
Pearlbdancing finished 21 lengths back; her exploiters – Nelson Berberena, Jordan Bullock – took home $250. Mazal Eighteen finished 24.25 lengths back; her exploiters – Carlos Soto, et al. – took home $250.

race 4:
Henrythethird finished 16.75 lengths back; his exploiters – Elliott Soto-Martinez, et al. – took home $250.

race 5:
Ghostinyou finished 16 lengths back; his exploiters – Matthew Self, Jennifer Quinones – took home $1,620.

race 6:
Aruma finished 16.75 lengths back; her exploiters – Hector Padilla, Ernesto Padilla-Preciado – took home $250.

race 7:
Scoop Dawg finished 16 lengths back; his exploiters – Mildred Cardona, Jose Gonzalez-Milian – took home $900. Brasstown finished 31.75 lengths back; his exploiters – Jorge Delgado, et al. – took home $250.

race 8:
Speightster’s Gold finished 16.75 lengths back; her exploiters – Guadalupe Guerrero, et al. – took home $4,158. Moonchild finished 24.25 lengths back; her exploiters – Michael Catalano, et al. – took home $1,620. Tomarie finished 26.5 lengths back; her exploiters – Leslye Bouchard, et al. – took home $810. Annika Gold finished 32.75 lengths back; her exploiters – Roslyn Davis, Ricardo Bailey – took home $250. Tribord finished 34 lengths back; her exploiters – Scott Lake, et al. – took home $250. Wonder City finished 36.25 lengths back; her exploiters – James Aguilar-Juarez, Jorge Diaz – took home $250.

race 9:
Pachelbel finished 19.5 lengths back; her exploiters – John Servis, et al. – took home $5,500. Titanic Rose finished 26.25 lengths back; her exploiter – Ernesto Padilla-Preciado – took home $3,000.

race 10:
One Slick Start finished 24.25 lengths back; his exploiters – Michael Catalano, et al. – took home $250.

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