Off the Pace: Catching up with Chris Sobocinski
In a new “Off the Pace”: Mike Valiante catches up with Chris Sobocinski, linemaker and PR maven for Delaware Park.
Read Moreby Mike Valiante | Jul 7, 2022 | Breaking, DE Racing, Delaware, Features, Off the Pace, Regionwide | 1 |
In a new “Off the Pace”: Mike Valiante catches up with Chris Sobocinski, linemaker and PR maven for Delaware Park.
Read Moreby Mike Valiante | May 27, 2022 | Breaking, Off the Pace, Opinion, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |
In a new “Off the Pace”: Mike Valiante catches up with Eric Pignataro, former jai alai player-turned-jockeys’ agent plying his trade at Delaware Park.
Read Moreby Mike Valiante | May 17, 2022 | Breaking, Off the Pace, Opinion, Preakness weekend, Triple Crown Trail | 0 |
In a new “Off the Pace”: Mike Valiante remembers four editions of the Preakness where the final quarter-mile proved absolutely thrilling.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | May 13, 2022 | Breaking, Opinion, Preakness weekend, Triple Crown Trail | 2 |
Rich Strike’s defection from the Preakness is one more argument for changing the series’ configuration to acknowledge changes in horsemanship.
Read Moreby Mike Valiante | May 13, 2022 | Breaking, Off the Pace, Opinion, Preakness weekend, Triple Crown Trail | 0 |
In a new “Off the Pace”: Mike Valiante shares snippets of more than 50 years of Kentucky Derby memories, from heartwarming stories to impossible upsets.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Mar 2, 2022 | Breaking, Opinion | 1 |
Bob Baffert and his legal team have decisively won the public relations war over Medina Spirit’s Derby DQ. But they’re not likely to win in the courts.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Feb 16, 2022 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Business, Opinion | 0 |
That four of Maryland’s linchpin stakes are less prominent than they were 10 or 15 years ago is a problem that requires fixing: it’s time to make a splash.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Jan 26, 2022 | Breaking, Opinion, Triple Crown Trail | 0 |
The race for Kentucky Derby points is well underway, with 14 races already complete and another up this weekend. So why are 40 points unawarded?
Read Moreby Mike Valiante | Dec 31, 2021 | Breaking, Opinion, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |
In a new “Off the Pace”: Mike Valiante recaps a baker’s dozen of the top Midlantic racing stories of 2021.
Read Moreby Mike Valiante | Dec 1, 2021 | Breaking, Opinion, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |
In a new “Off the Pace”: Mike Valiante catches up with Midlantic-based rider John Hiraldo, one of the year’s leading apprentice riders.
Read Moreby Mike Valiante | Nov 19, 2021 | Breaking, Opinion, Regionwide, Top Stories | 4 |
In a new “Off the Pace”: Mike Valiante offers Delaware Park’s new owners the perspective of a horseplayer with nearly a half-century of experience.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Nov 8, 2021 | Breaking, Opinion, Top Stories | 0 |
This Breeders’ Cup was the sport of Thoroughbred racing writ small. The humans at the top screw it up, and the horses redeem it. Lather, rinse, repeat.
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