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Jockey Anthony Salgado, a rider at Parx Casino’s horse racing track with lifetime total purse winnings of more than $14.1 million, has tested positive for coronavirus, according to multiple sources at the track.

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The positive result came just after Salgado ran in five races on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at the thoroughbred track in Bucks County, just outside Philadelphia.

Sources at the track said Friday that an additional two people associated with the track have now also tested positive. The sources said the additional infections are in backside workers who deal directly with horses.

Training had resumed as of Saturday, and racing is scheduled to take place on Monday.

No statement from Parx regarding coronavirus at the track

However, at the time of publication, there had been no detailed explanation of the situation to Parx employees or horsemen.

There’s also been noresponse to a request for comment by PlayPennsylvania to track official Joe Wilson, director of operations.

On Wednesday at 8 p.m., track management texted the following message to track employees and horsemen:

Parx Horsemen: Attention Horsemen – training is cancelled for tomorrow

There was no further explanation for the cancellation.

Virginia track cancels season due to a coronavirus-positive jockey

Friday evening, several racing publications, led by the Daily Racing Form, reported that Colonial Downs, the only thoroughbred track in Virginia, has canceled the rest of its meet after a leading jockey there tested positive for the virus. Management had canceled several days of racing earlier in the week before deciding to cancel all racing for the rest of the season.

According toThoroughbred Daily News, management at Colonial explained the decision thus:

“As a result of recent test results at the track in New Kent County, and in an abundance of caution, Colonial Downs is canceling the remainder of its 2020 meet. In making our decision, we collaborated with the Virginia Department of Health, Virginia Horsemen’s Benevolent Protection Association (VHBPA) and Virginia Racing Commission. We have communicated the outcome with all participating parties. We sincerely appreciate everyone’s cooperation and support. This was a difficult decision, but the best one for Virginia’s racing community.”

Horsemen initially left in the dark about coronavirus infections

Horsemen at Parx appeared to be largely in the dark about the virus infections on Friday.

Uriah St. Lewis, a Parx-based trainer, said he had learned details about Salgado’s health from the jockey’s agent, but not much from management. The jockey had ridden one of St. Lewis’ horses on Aug. 11.

“His agent is concerned, but he’s isolated and doing good,” St. Lewis said regarding the jockey.

The trainer has been at the track for decades, back when it was Philadelphia Park, prior to the casino.

Update comes from PTHA

By Saturday, the Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association had posted this update on Facebook:

Parx trainer says management is an ongoing issue

St. Lewis unloaded on Parx management’s “hush-hush” attitude “with everything.” He said:

“They do not treat us nice. They don’t answer anything. They are not concerned at all.”

“I think they want to close the track, which is why they treat us like this,” said St. Lewis. Horse racing’s popularity and revenues are in a long decline.

While St. Lewis was proximate to Salgado briefly, he said he has no personal health concerns despite the infections.

The trainer, who lives a mile from the track, said he always follows mask and hand-washing protocols.

Even before the virus, he saw to it each horse had each leg dipped in disinfectant-filled buckets, and that his crew also cleaned up with disinfectant.

Parx horsemen’s rep and the local health department have nothing to say

Sal DeBundo, a lawyer who represents horsemen at Parx in his role leading the Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association (PTHA), did not respond to a request for comment.

Neither did the Bucks County Health Department, which has local oversight for carrying out state directives.

State agencies weigh in

The PA Department of Health said it cannot comment on specific cases.

But the spokesperson added:

“Generally speaking when an individual receives a COVID-19 positive test, public health professionals conduct a case investigation within 24 to 48 hours to educate the individual as well as gather information about where they went and who they came in contact with while infectious.

“Through contact tracing, those staffers work to notify those close contacts of their possible exposure.”

Racing Commission hasn’t gotten notice of Monday race cancellation

On Friday, the PA Horse Racing Commission (PHRC) said it has not been given any notification that Parx intends to cancel racing on Monday, which is required to call off races.

A recent story in PlayPennsylvania on the enforcement of health protocols at tracks found finger-pointing between state agencies when it came to responsibility for health procedures.

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The Parx Big Stax XXXII 1100 Championship attracted 629 runners, and on Monday 32-year-old Ray Ross Jr, a regular cash game player at Parx Casino, emerged victorious to capture a $125,588 first-place prize.

For the Philly-based poker pro it was the largest tournament score of his career, which prior to the win comprised of $250K in live tournament earnings.

Ross, who actually hit the gym during the dinner break on the final day of play, explained that he wasn’t originally going to play the tournament until his friends, Tom and Ed, told him they were going to play.

He decided to join him and the rest, as they say, is history.

'It feels good to win,' Ross said succinctly after the victory.

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Others to cash the tournament on Day 2 were two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Ryan Eriquezzo (14th - $8,362), Greg Fishberg (19th - $5,886), Michael Marder (22nd - $4,893), Stephanie Hubbard (26th - $4,161), Day 1a chip leader Steven Snyder (40th - $2,973), Daniel Pearlman (45th - $2,973), Bobby Oboodi (52nd - $2,604), Mukul Pahuja (61st - $2,262), Day 1b chip leader Tim Glab (74th - $1,644), and Shuntak Yeung (79th - $1,644).

Day 3 Action

A dozen players returned for Day 3 action and three of them needed to fall before the final table was reached. Those to fall short included Jin Lee (12th - $10,490), Tom Revello (11th - $10,490), and Dennis Zollo (10th - $10,490).

Not long into the final table, Parker Rodriguez busted his short stack after losing a flip with ace-king to Christian Harder’s two red jacks. Two and a half hours later, Eric Most succumbed after three-bet jamming with ace-jack only to have Brandon Lulov roll over pocket aces.

Just before the dinner break, the short-stacked Harder bowed out losing an all-in preflop race with fives against Lulov’s ace-six, and after the remaining players ate it was time for Lulov, the start-of-day chip leader, to follow him out the door. Lulov got it in with Big Slick and lost a race against Mike Cohen’s pocket sevens to bow out in sixth place.

Ryan Hagerty then met his demise failing to get there with queen-nine against the ace-five of Ross, and sometime later it was Ross dispatching Sam Ganzfried in fourth place spiking a seven on the river holding nine-seven all in preflop against his opponent’s king-eight.

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After Jason Deutsch bowed out in third place – the results of getting it in on the turn with top pair only to have Ross river a spade flush – the heads-up match was set between Cohen and Ross. The former had 14.375 million in chips to the latter’s 17.125 million.

The two were deep but that didn’t stop them from playing for it all in a six-bet pot. Cohen had eights and Ross ace-king. The flop was safe for Cohen, but a king on the turn would seal the deal for Ross. Cohen had to settle for second place and $88,067 in prize money.

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