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Delaware Park announces 2013 stakes schedule, live racing schedule change with DTHA agreement
Delaware Park is gearing up for the start of an action-packed 2013 live racing season with the announcement of its 15-race $2.35 million stakes schedule highlighted by the $750,000 Grade I Delaware Handicap.
The stakes schedule was finalized when… more »
Delaware Handicap receives Grade I status
The Delaware Handicap, the filly and mare summer classic run as the signature race of the Delaware Park live racing season, has received Grade I status from the American Graded Stakes Committee for the first time since 1989. The American Graded Stakes… more »
Royal Delta tops Grade II Delaware Handicap
Besilu Stables’ Royal Delta tops the Grade II Delaware Handicap at Delaware Park this Saturday. The mile-and-a-quarter $750,000 filly and mare summer classic has attracted a field of seven.
More than prestige, money and bragging rights will be on… more »
Delaware Park Announces 2012 Wall of Fame Inductees
Five of horse racing’s finest are being honored today with their induction into the Delaware Park Wall of Fame.
The class of 2012 consists of Parlo, Grover “Buddy” Delp, Eldon Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jeffords and Bayard Sharp. Each inductee repr… more »
Violette anxious to run Cash for Clunkers two-turns going a mile and a quarter
Trainer Richard Violette Jr. cannot wait to see how Cash for Clunkers will do in the mile-and-a-quarter $750,000 Grade II Delaware Handicap this Saturday.
“Pedigree wise, she is supposed to be able to get a mile-and-a-quarter, it is a great race… more »
Delaware Handicap first prestigious stake victory for Motion
Accomplishments early in a career lead to confidence and experience, which in turn lead to more and more accomplishments.
One accomplishment that has had a long-lasting impact on the career of trainer H. Graham Motion was winning the Delaware Hand… more »
After history-making season, Delaware Park announces dates for upcoming 75th season - Season features 100 days of live racing
Horse of the Year, Race of the Year and emerging Triple Crown contenders in the 2-year-old ranks are all tough acts to follow, but just as anything is possible when a fresh field goes postward, so too is a racetrack getting ready to start a new season. … more »
Local Horses set to take Center Stage in National Spotlight Nov. 4 & 5
The past, the present and the future of Delaware racing will be on full display like never before on horse racing's most important weekend of the year - the Breeders' Cup Championships on November 4 and 5. Following in the tradition of Smarty Jones, Af… more »
Categories: Racing, Stakes, Racing News & Notes, Del 'Cap Weekend, Handicapping
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10/12/11 08:43:00 am, Blind Luck wins Delaware Handicap by nose over Havre de Grace
It was a thrilling stretch battle to the end, and in the end Blind Luck had her nose in front of Havre de Grace on the wire in the Grade II Delaware Handicap at Delaware Park. Mark DeDomenico, John Carver, Peter Abruzzo and Jerry Hollendorfer’s Blind L… more »
Alma d’Oro by a nose over In the Juice in Carpenter
In a thrilling stretch battle, Bourque Goldstein Thoroughbreds’ Alma d’Oro, with Ramon Dominguez, scored a nose victory over In the Juice, with Wesley Ho, in the $100,000 R.R.M. Carpenter Memorial Stakes at Delaware Park today. It was another 2 1/2-len… more »