
James Lages named chief steward in Delaware
James A. Lages, a steward for the last two years in Delaware, has been named chief state steward by the state’s Thoroughbred Racing Commission.

James A. Lages, a steward for the last two years in Delaware, has been named chief state steward by the state’s Thoroughbred Racing Commission.

The finalists in various Maryland-bred categories, as well as top trainer, jockey, and owner, were announced January 17, with awards given Feb. 12.

Angel At War, whose first start was against maiden claimers, makes her stake debut in the What A Summer at Laurel riding a six-race win streak.

Multiple graded winner Favorite Tale, who won last out for the first time since 2015, will try to double up in the Fire Plug at Laurel Park.

Delaware Park will race 81 days in 2018, with the meet opening May 30 and extending to October 20.

Neither trainer Gerald Coker, Jr. nor owner Gary Hemp has ever won a stake. But undefeated Ihearuknockin has given them reason to dream.

Applications from trainers for the Thoroughbred Makeover rose 38 percent for the 2018 edition, to 812 for the project for retired racehorses.

EquiLottery, a lottery game using horse racing results, is trying for the second straight year to get legislative approval to operate in West Virginia.

Even though live racing is still almost five months away, folks at Delaware Park are already hard at work in preparation for the 2018 meet.

For the second straight day, jockey Steve Hamilton and trainer Horacio DePaz teamed up for a maiden-breaking score, this time with Global Citizen.

Stellar Wind, the multiple Grade 1-winning Virginia-bred mare, breezed a sharp five furlongs this morning at Gulfstream Park.

Dictate Cool, a Sagamore homebred Curlin filly, won at first asking Saturday at Laurel Park.
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