With its season set to begin, Delaware Park’s John Mooney has made some changes intended to bolster field size and wagering – and adapt to changing market conditions.
A dozen years after coming to national prominence with Afleet Alex, trainer Tim Ritchey is happy with a modest 12-horse string at Delaware Park.
Grade 1 winner Dancing Rags had a rough start to her 2017 campaign, but trainer Graham Motion hopes she’s ready tor run a big one in the Black-Eyed Susan Friday.
Trainer Arnaud Delacour likens his role training babies to that of a teacher with a roomful of precocious students: he “can’t wait for school to start.
With a six-race win streak, A. P. Indian has a chance to prove he’s the best sprinter in the country. Trainer Arnaud Delacour says he’s ready.
A year ago, Admirals War Chest lost five straight, won an allowance, then took the Maryland Million Classic. So far, he’s followed the first two steps again this year.
Delaware Park concluded its 2016 meet Saturday, and there were plenty of good performances — and other surprises — during the stand.
Delaware Park racing director John Mooney spent much of last winter scouring tracks for horsemen to come to Delaware. Those efforts seem to be bearing fruit.
Jockey Erick Rodriguez shifted his tack to Delaware Park this year — not to find more wins but to be closer to his children. Being tied for fifth among riders doesn’t hurt, either.
Recent college grad Andre Stock is pursuing what he calls his PhD in horsemanship with one of the best profs in the game: trainer Larry Jones.