Delaware Handicap Archives • The Racing Biz

Delaware Park announces 75-day 2025 race schedule

by Press Release | Jan 28, 2025 | Breaking, Business, DE Business, Delaware, Press release other | 0 |

Delaware Park will race 75 days in 2025, the track announced today, and it significantly shuffled its stakes schedule.

Midlantic stakes thumped by graded stakes committee

by The Biz | Dec 19, 2024 | Breaking, Business, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania | 0 |

Sixteen stakes contested in the Mid-Atlantic have been downgraded for 2025 by the American Graded Stakes Committee.

Hard knocker Morning Matcha readies for DelCap shot

by Frank Vespe | Jul 6, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Race Preview, DE Racing, Delaware, Racing | 0 |

Trainer Butch Reid grew up going to Delaware Park, and he’s hoping to see his hard knocking mare Morning Matcha win that track’s biggest race.

Best horses to run at Delaware Park are…

by Mike Valiante | Nov 16, 2023 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, DE Racing, Delaware, Features | 1 |

With the offseason upon us, Mike Valiante pondered: who were the best horses to run at Delaware Park in the last 60 years? Here are his answers.

Delaware Park: Mike’s year-end awards

by Mike Valiante | Nov 8, 2023 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, DE Racing, Delaware, Features | 1 |

With Delaware Park’s 2023 meet now in the books, correspondent Mike Valiante looks back to present his year-end awards.

Idiomatic prevails in Delaware Handicap thriller

by Frank Vespe | Jul 9, 2023 | Breaking, Bylined Race Recap, DE Racing, Delaware, Racing | 0 |

In a race reminiscent of the great Blind Luck-Havre de Grace showdown, Idiomatic took a Delaware Handicap thriller over Classy Edition.

Delaware Park: 3 questions for Delcap day

by Frank Vespe | Jul 8, 2023 | Breaking, Bylined Race Preview, DE Racing, Delaware, Racing | 0 |

Today’s Delaware Park card features three stakes, topped by the Grade 2 Delaware Handicap, and those races pose (and will answer) some questions.

Morning Matcha aiming to give Reid rare Oaks-Delcap double

by Press Release | Jul 6, 2023 | Breaking, DE Racing, Delaware, Press release preview, Racing | 0 |

Only two trainers have won both the Delaware Oaks and Delaware Handicap in the same year. Morning Matcha gives Butch Reid a shot to be the third.

Delaware Handicap has had major impact on racing history

by Mike Valiante | Jul 5, 2023 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, DE Racing, Delaware, Features | 0 |

It’s had its ups and downs over the years, but, regardless, the Delaware Handicap has played host to Hall of Famers and had a major impact on the sport.

Delaware Park 2022: That’s a wrap

by Mike Valiante | Nov 10, 2022 | Breaking, DE Breeding, DE Racing, Delaware, Racing | 1 |

Our correspondent Mike Valiante wraps up the 2022 Delaware Park meet with some of the meets’ top moments.

Miss Leslie romps to record Delaware Handicap score

by Frank Vespe | Jul 9, 2022 | Breaking, DE Racing, Delaware, Racing | 0 |

Miss Leslie dominated the G2 Delaware Handicap by 12 lengths, the largest margin in the race’s 85-year history.

Delaware Handicap day stakes picks

by The Biz | Jul 9, 2022 | Breaking, DE Racing, Delaware, Handicapping | 0 |

Our handicappers pick the Delaware Handicap, Robert Dick Memorial, and two other stakes on the biggest day of the year at Delaware Park!

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