SATURDAY MAY 17th, The Preakness:
Come join us at Delaware Park for the Preakness. Begin the day at Breakfast at the Park at 9:00am. Watch live racing action beginning at 12:45pm. Watch Big Brown's run for the second leg of the triple crown from our state of the art video wall. Admission and Parking are completely free.

DELAWARE PARK ANNOUNCES 2008 LIVE RACING DATES

Wilmington, Delaware. The Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission has approved Delaware Park's 2008 racing dates. The 71st live racing season at Delaware is scheduled to commence Saturday, April 19th, and will run through Tuesday, November 11th, resulting in a total of 136 live racing days.

The Stanton-oval will conduct live racing four days a week (Saturday through Tuesday) at the beginning of the meet. Wednesday live racing will be added from May 28th through August 6th and from September 3rd through September 24th. A special holiday card will be presented on Friday, July 4th. Delaware Park's first race post time is 12:45 p.m. which will continue through November 1st. On November 2nd, the post time will then be moved back to 12:20 p.m. to compensate for the end of daylight savings time.

"We are very much looking forward to the excitement of the new season. We anticipate providing our loyal race fans with even more fun and surprises during the upcoming meet," says Andrew Gentile, General Manager.