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Dean Delivers
28
Jul
  • De Francis Dash
  • Dean Delivers
  • Jaime Rodrigeuz
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Ned Allard

Dean Delivers strikes again in De Francis Dash

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

Moving north seems to have turned Dean Delivers around, and he earned his third straight win in Ned Allard barn in Sunday’s De Francis Dash at Laurel Park.

Dean Delivers
26
Jul
  • De Francis Dash
  • Dean Delivers
  • Jerry O'Dwyer
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Ned Allard
  • Sibelius

Dean Delivers looks for hat trick in De Francis Dash

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

The cooler Midlantic weather has helped Dean Delivers shake off the Florida doldrums, and he arrives for Laurel’s De Francis Dash with two straight wins.

Direct the Cat
26
Jul
  • Charles Town Races
  • Direct the Cat
  • Overnight Pow Wow
  • Sylvia Bishop Memorial S.
  • West Virginia horse racing
  • What'shername

Direct the Cat likely a handful in Sylvia Bishop Memorial

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 2
  • 3 min read

Direct the Cat, with six straight wins by a combined total of nearly 60 lengths, should be tough in Saturday’s Sylvia Bishop Memorial at Charles Town.

Sparkle Blue
21
Jul
  • Big Dreyfus S.
  • Graham Motion
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Miss Disco S.
  • Miss Harriett
  • Sparkle Blue

Sparkle Blue defends Big Dreyfus title

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 2
  • 3 min read

Sparkle Blue dropped out of graded company for the first time in five starts and defended her title in Laurel Park’s Big Dreyfus Stakes Sunday.

Mage Pimlico
15
Jul
  • Greg Cross
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
  • Pimlico
  • Preakness
  • Sport and Entertainment Corporation of Maryland
  • Terry Hasseltine

MTROA seeking to add community component to Preakness

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 3
  • 4 min read

While it won’t operate Preakness weekend racing in 2025, the state-created MTROA is nevertheless hoping to build a weeklong celebratoin around it.

Whenigettoheaven
14
Jul
  • Ben's Cat S.
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Nolan Ramsey
  • Whenigettoheaven

Trainer Nolan Ramsey get first stakes win in Ben’s Cat

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

Young trainer Nolan Ramsey earned his first stakes win Sunday at Laurel Park when Whenigettoheaven wore down Tidewater to win the Ben’s Cat.

Night Cap Dashing Beauty
09
Jul
  • Dashing Beauty S.
  • Delaware horse racing
  • Delaware Park
  • Equibase

Dashing Beauty time revised

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 2
  • 2 min read

The time for Sunday’s Dashing Beauty Stakes at Delaware Park has been revised downwards after questions were raised.

Delaware Oaks
08
Jul
  • Delaware horse racing
  • Delaware Oaks
  • Delaware Park
  • Javier Castellano
  • Jorge Delgado
  • Power Squeeze

Power Squeeze scores in Delaware Oaks thriller

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

In a thrilling renewal of the Grade 3 Delaware Oaks, Power Squeeze got her nose down first after a quarter-mile battle with Sidamara.

Honor D Lady
07
Jul
  • Delaware horse racing
  • Delaware Park
  • Honor D Lady
  • Jim Thompson
  • Jose Ortiz

Honor D Lady sharp in Delaware Handicap score

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

After troubled trips cost her in recent starts, Honor D Lady was reunited with jockey Jose Ortiz today and the result was a dominant Delaware Handicap win.

War Like Goddess
07
Jul
  • Bill Mott
  • Delaware horse racing
  • Delaware Park
  • George Krikorian
  • Robert G. Dick Memorial
  • War Like Goddess

War Like Goddess proves best in G3 Robert Dick Memorial

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

A slow pace proved no problem for 7-year-old War Like Goddess, who rallied past them all to win the Grade 3 Robert G. Dick Memorial at Delaware Park.

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