Category: Features

Joe Mishak looking to fulfill his – and others’ – dreams

by Linda Dougherty | Nov 1, 2019 | Breaking, Features, PA Racing, Pennsylvania | 0 |

Philadelphia native Joe Mishak gave up a career in accounting for one in horseracing, and now as part of My Racehorse has two Breeders’ Cup chances.

Motion back for 16th straight Breeders’ Cup

by Doug McCoy | Oct 31, 2019 | Breaking, Features, Regionwide | 0 |

Three-time Breeders’ Cup-winning trainer Graham Motion has two entered this weekend there, the 16th straight year he’s sent out at least one BC starter.

Scott Lake – long a subject of controversy – happy flying under radar

by Doug McCoy | Oct 8, 2019 | Breaking, DE Racing, Delaware, Features, Top Stories | 0 |

Trainer Scott Lake – whose career has been marked by bankruptcy,medication positives, and 6,000+ wins – is happier these days a bit out of the limelight.

EXCLUSIVE: We interview Bungee the handicapping horse

by Guest Author | Oct 4, 2019 | Breaking, DE Racing, Delaware, Features, Top Stories | 0 |

Delaware Park racing analyst Rich Glazier has a secret weapon: Bungee, the toy horse who handicaps. Our correspondent catches up with Bungee…

“Love and affection” for horses propels trainer Eckert

by Frank Vespe | Sep 19, 2019 | Breaking, DE Racing, Delaware, Features, Top Stories | 0 |

Young trainer Elizabeth Eckert has saddled one horse to date — and English Tudor won and set a track record — in a budding career driven by her love of horses.

At 39, Ricardo Chiappe believes best yet to come

by Doug McCoy | Sep 12, 2019 | Breaking, DE Racing, Delaware, Features, Top Stories | 0 |

It’s taken a while, but jockey Ricardo Chiappe feels at home at Delaware Park — and believes he has plenty of good years still to come.

With Horologist, racing odd couple finding “perfect marriage”

by Jim Hague | Sep 11, 2019 | Breaking, Features, New Jersey, NJ Racing, Top Stories, Watchlist | 0 |

John Mazza, who trains Monmouth Oaks winner Horologist, is 82. Owner, Cameron Beatty is 27. It’s a racing odd couple that’s a “perfect marriage.”

At Colonial, horsemen relish “putting on a show”

by Nick Hahn | Sep 10, 2019 | Breaking, Features, Top Stories, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |

On closing night at Colonial Downs, horsemen came from far and wide to take advantage of one last chance to put on a show.

Assistant Karin Wagner’s career built on love of horses

by Doug McCoy | Sep 6, 2019 | Breaking, DE Racing, Delaware, Features, Top Stories | 0 |

Assistant trainer Karin Wagner has made a career out of her love for horses, with a sub-specialty in buying cheap yearlings and winning races.

On Virginia Derby night, a trainer battle and a stunning debut

by The Biz | Sep 3, 2019 | Breaking, Features, Top Stories, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |

The powerful barns of Graham Motion and Michael Stidham squared off on Virginia Derby night, winning three each, while firster Four Wheel Drive dazzled.

“Laid-back” Jais’s Solitude first among Va. Derby equals

by Nick Hahn | Aug 31, 2019 | Breaking, Features, Top Stories, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |

We don’t know where he’ll finish, but Jais’s Solitude certainly led the field as the first Virginia Derby contender on the grounds at Colonial Downs.

Evelyn Benoit proving doubters wrong one win at a time

by Doug McCoy | Aug 29, 2019 | Breaking, DE Racing, Delaware, Features, Top Stories | 0 |

Evelyn Benoit and Brittlyn Stable keep doing things the “wrong” way — and keep proving the naysayers wrong, at Delaware Park and around the country.

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