Movisitor, racing on dirt for the first time, pulled off an 11-1 upset Monday in Parx Racing’s $100,000 Crowd Pleaser Stakes for 3-year-old Pennsylvania-breds at 1 1/16 miles. Both the Crowd Pleaser and the $100,000 Power By Far Stakes for fillies and mares were moved from the turf to the muddy main track after persistent rainfall in the area rendered the turf course unsuitable for racing. Dismissed as the longest shot on the board in the scratch-reduced four-horse field after finishing off the board in his prior five starts, Movisitor tracked the pace from the inside as Winnin’onweekends and odds-on favorite Ninetyprcentmaddie dueled for early supremacy through fractions of 23.93 and 47.76 seconds. Movisitor ($24.60) and jockey Adam Beschizza made a bold, rail-skimming bid at the half-mile pole to grab command, and they soon opened a clear lead. Time to Cruise kicked on from the back, but never threatened Movisitor, who splashed under the wire 5 1/2 lengths clear in 1:46.89 seconds. Ninetyprcentmaddie, a multiple stakes-winner on dirt and racing as a gelding for the first time, pushed the pace three wide, but had no answer when Movisitor made his winning move. He finished third, 12 1/2 lengths behind Time to Cruise. Winnin’onweekends was eased. Girlfromouterspace, A Western Yarn, Lord of the Navy, and Mr Flowers scratched early. Rabbit got loose and ran off on the way to the paddock. He was subsequently withdrawn. A homebred owned by Forgotten Land Investment, Movisitor is a son of Uncle Mo out of an unplaced half-sister to multiple stakes-winner Western Reserve. His second dam, Visit, was a multiple Group 3 winner in England who finished third in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf. A $135,000 buyback as a yearling, Movisitor made four starts last year for trainer Naoise Agnew. A maiden winner over Presque Isle Downs’s Tapeta surface in his second start, he then finished eighth in the Grade 2 Pilgrim on turf during the Belmont at the Big A meeting before running fifth in the Mark McDermott Stakes at Presque Isle. Movisitor is accustomed to being a longshot. He was 126-1 when 10th in Keeneland’s Grade 3 Transylvania on turf in his first start of the year, then was 45-1 when fifth in a first-level allowance there three weeks later. :: Get ready for summer racing with a DRF Formulator Quarterly PP plan In his final prep before the Crowd Pleaser, Movisitor was 87-1 and fifth in the Grade 2 Penn Mile on turf at Penn National on June 2. He has won twice from seven starts for lifetime earnings of $113,265. Power By Far For the past three years, trainer Patricia Farro entered Hey Mamaluke in the $100,000 Power By Far Stakes, a five-furlong event scheduled on turf for Pennsylvania-bred fillies and mares. Like clockwork, the weather turns sour, the Power By Far is washed off the turf, and Hey Mamaluke flourishes. After winning the race in 2021 and finishing a close second last year, Hey Mamaluke held off a fast-charging Hidden Cache to take the 2023 version by a head in 59.99. Empress Deona broke sharply from her far outside post and set a sprightly opening quarter of 21.32, but Hey Mamaluke was never far behind. More importantly, she never conceded the rail to the pacesetter and saved all the ground. Empress Deona still had the lead in the stretch, but she shortened stride and Hey Mamaluke and jockey Andy Hernandez grabbed the front with a furlong remaining. The closers were coming, but so was the wire, and Hey Mamaluke got there in the nick of time. She paid $14 as the field’s fourth choice. Tappin Josie, entered for main track only, finished another neck behind in third. Then came favored Midnight in Alaska, Empress Deona, and Castilleja. Shoshanah, Roses for Debra, Hipnotizada, and La Cienega scratched. Favored Midnight in Alaska, a front-runner seeking her fourth consecutive victory, broke awkwardly, then rushed up to track the pace while three wide before tiring in the stretch. Hey Mamaluke is a 7-year-old homebred daughter of Jump Start owned by Joseph Capriglione. She has won 10 races from 25 starts for lifetime earnings of $621,139 and is 9 for 26 at Parx. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.