Category: DE Business

Delaware Park cancels Monday card – again

by Press Release | May 17, 2019 | Breaking, Business, DE Business, Delaware | 0 |

Delaware Park will not race Monday, May 20 – the second straight Monday it has been forced to cancel.

Tom Creel keeping optimistic view amid trying times

by Doug McCoy | May 11, 2019 | Breaking, Business, DE Business, Delaware, Top Stories | 0 |

Industry veteran Tom Creel, the new racing secretary at Delaware Park, believes better days are ahead.

Delaware Park cancels Monday card

by Press Release | May 9, 2019 | Breaking, Business, DE Business, Delaware | 0 |

Insufficient entries have led Delaware Park to cancel its card this coming Monday.

Delaware Park upgrades to HD signal with help from Jockey Club

by Press Release | May 1, 2019 | Breaking, Business, DE Business, Delaware | 0 |

Using a grant fund administered by the Jockey Club, Delaware Park races will be sharper than ever before this year when broadcast in HD.

Delaware Commission names new stewards

by Press Release | Mar 21, 2019 | Breaking, Business, DE Business, Delaware | 0 |

The Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission announced the appointment of a new state steward and a new safety steward for the 2019 season.

Tom Creel named Delaware Park racing secretary

by Press Release | Jan 18, 2019 | Breaking, Business, DE Business, Delaware | 0 |

Parx assistant racing secretary Tom Creel will take over as racing secretary at Delaware Park.

Delaware Park to race 85 days in 2019

by Press Release | Jan 16, 2019 | Breaking, Business, DE Business, Delaware | 0 |

Delaware Park will have a slightly longer meet in 2019 than it has in recent years.

Stories that mattered in ’18: The rise of sports betting

by Doug McCoy | Jan 7, 2019 | Breaking, DE Business, Delaware, Features, New Jersey, NJ Business, PA Business, Pennsylvania, Regionwide, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Business | 0 |

Legalized in mid-year, sports betting was by the end of 2018 having significant impacts on the gambling landscape throughout the Mid-Atlantic.

How is sports betting going at Delaware Park?

by Doug McCoy | Nov 20, 2018 | Breaking, Business, DE Business, Delaware, Top Stories | 2 |

While early returns on from horsemen and racetrack execs at Delaware Park are positive, sports wagering’s long-term impacts on racing itself are unclear and some horseplayers are fretful.

Handle jumps at Delaware Park

by Press Release | Oct 23, 2018 | Breaking, Business, DE Business, Delaware | 0 |

Despite despite declines in turf racing and field size – both due in large part to a rainy season – Delaware Park saw wagering handle increase 17 percent in the just-completed 2018 season.

Delaware: End of meet showcase to provide homes for retiring runners

by Press Release | Oct 18, 2018 | Breaking, Business, DE Business, Delaware | 0 |

Delaware Park’s annual End of Meet Showcase is designed to find new homes and careers for retiring Thoroughbreds, Arabians, and ponies and will take place October 21.

Delaware Park: 2000th win for O’Connell

by Press Release | Sep 12, 2018 | Breaking, Business, DE Business, DE Racing, Delaware | 0 |

Trainer Kathleen O’Connell earned her 2,000th career win one day after Delaware jocks visited a nearby children’s hospital.

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