Claimer of the Week: Parx Runner Finds the Winner’s Circle

Seeker moved into striking position in the far turn, stuck to the task and eventually ran down the leader to win the second race at PARX on Saturday, a race for $16,000 claimers. Seeker has been named the agameofskill.com Claimer of the Week. The son of Hard Spun stopped the timer in 1:13. 65 for the 6 furlongs over a fast track and returned $7.40 to his backers. The dark bay gelding was ridden to his eighth career victory by Jorge Vargas, Jr and is trained by Marcos Zulueta. The Kentucky bred has finished in the money (top three finishers) in 18 of 33 career races. Owned by the La Marca Stable, Seeker has accumulated lifetime earnings of approximately $255,000.