Navy Commander sails to easy score at Parx – again

Poseidon Warrior’s sixth winner of 2018 came at Parx Racing yesterday, and it may have been his easiest score. Navy Commander, bred in Pennsylvania, proved to be a ton the best in a $46,474 starter allowance at seven furlongs. The 3-year-old gelding had broken his maiden by 3 1/2 lengths on Nov. 21 with Frankie Pennington aboard, and the two were paired again. Navy Commander broke sharply from the No. 6 post and wound up on the outside of a three-horse battle down the backstretch. Midway around the turn, Pennington asked him for more and Navy Commander sprinted away from the other two, reaching the wire 7 1/4 lengths in front. The victory was worth $30,240 to owner/breeder Swilcan Stables and raised Navy Commander’s bank account to $55,208. Poseidon’s Warrior leads Florida’s second-crop sire list with earnings of $274,457, and he’s sixth on the general sire list.