Suffolk Downs’s closure and the horse shortage have meant trouble for New Englanders like trainer Bill Sienkewicz, who’s fighting on at Delaware Park.
In the twilight of his career, jockey Kerwin Clark, 56, is enjoying unprecedented success. Much of that stems from the loyalty of trainer Larry Jones.
Trainer Lynn Ashby overcame breast cancer in the last year to get back to doing what she loves — working with young horses. Now she sees a bright future.
Getting babies ready to run is something of a trainer sub-specialty. Good exercise riders and patience – plenty of patience – are critical.
Apprentice Tyler Conner became a jockey because it was safer than his first career – motocross racing. He’s got a bright future in his new line of work.
Delaware Park opens today with more horses on the grounds and a revamped condition book it hopes will generate more competitive — and betable — races.
Trainer Larry Jones is back doing what he loves to do: training horses at Delaware every morning and sending out winners in the afternoon.
Watching races — and really seeing what happens — is a vital skill to handicappers. Here, four chartcallers share their insights.
Graham Motion trainee Rainha Da Bateria — Queen of the drums, in Portuguese — will aim to become queen of the turf in Friday’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.
The just-completed Delaware Park meet was like an old spaghetti western, says Doug McCoy: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Minus Clint Eastwood, of course.
