Category: Handicapping

Delaware Park announces dates for upcoming 76th season

by Chris Sobocinski Email

Delaware Park announced the dates for the 2013 live racing season today.    The 76th season of live racing at the Stanton oval will have 100 days with the meet starting on May 18 and concluding on November 9.  Live racing will be held on Saturdays, M… more »

Win Willy looks to return to winning form in the

by Chris Sobocinski Email

Jer-Mar Stable’s Win Willy will look to return to his winning form when he faces six rivals in the mile-and-a-sixteenth $50,000 Joseph French Memorial Overnight Stakes at Delaware Park this Saturday.   It was a little more than a year ago when the 6-y… more »

Powered by Midwest Thoroughbreds, Jamie Ness early favorite for leading trainer title at Delaware Park in 2012

by Chris Sobocinski Email

It is the kind of question that nobody bothers to ask because everybody knows the answer.  Who will be the 2012 leading trainer at Delaware Park?  There I asked it!  If a name other than Jamie Ness is given, well – then people, people around Delaware at… more »

Local Horses set to take Center Stage in National Spotlight Nov. 4 & 5

by Chris Sobocinski Email

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 »

Eldaafer tops DTHA Governors Day Stakes

by Chris Sobocinski Email

The 2010 Breeders’ Cup Marathon winner, Jim Atwell and Kevin Jacobsen’s Eldaafer tops a field of eight entered in the mile and seventy yard $75,000 DTHA Governors Day Stakes.   Since notching a 1 ¾-length score in the mile-and-three-quarter Grade III… more »

Another DelPark maiden winner takes a Classic

by Chris Sobocinski Email

You can add George and Lori Hall’s Ruler On Ice, the recent winner of the Belmont Stakes, to the names of horses who have Delaware Park maiden victories who have followed with classic victories.  Last year, the Kentucky-bred conditioned by Kelly Breen n… more »

Havre de Grace looms large in Grade III Obeah Stakes

by Chris Sobocinski Email

Havre de Grace is a formidable presence in the mile-and-an-eighth $150,000 Grade III Obeah Stakes at Delaware Park this Saturday.  A field of five fillies and mares has been entered in the last local prep for the mile-and-a-quarter $750,000 Grade II Del… more »

Tiz Miz Sue could be tough in Obeah Stakes

by Chris Sobocinski Email

Cresran’s Tiz Miz Sue is unbeaten over the Delaware main track and is coming off an impressive victory in the mile-and-a-sixteenth $50,000 Winter Melody Stakes.   “She is improving with every year and in her last race she caught a pretty fast filly wi… more »

Sarah's Song could be peaking perfectly for Obeah

by Chris Sobocinski Email

A filly who could be peaking at the right time is Barry and Joni Butznow’s Sarah’s Song.   In her last, she ran second to Tiz Miz Sue in the Winter Melody Stakes.  Previously, the 4-year-old Kentucky-bred daughter of Songandaprayer had won her last tw… more »

Obeah and DelCap winners

by Chris Sobocinski Email

The Obeah Stakes was inaugurated in 1996.  Since then, four fillies and mares have used the race as a prep for victories in the Delaware Handicap.  They are: Power Play, who was trained 2011 Kentucky Derby winning trainer H. Graham Motion, finished seco… more »

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