Defending champion Elate is favored to become the seventh two-time winner of the G2 Delaware Handicap when she faces eight rivals on Saturday.
Delaware Park opens Saturday, already with 200 more horses on the grounds than a year ago and a slightly longer schedule on tap.
With the Delaware Park meet in the books, our correspondent looks back and finds the moments that mattered most.
In this week’s Delaware Park Racing Notebook, we provide a mid-meet review of some of the big stars and stellar performances.
Didn’t make it out to Delaware on Delaware Handicap day? Our photographers did, and they share the scene with you.
An eight-month break proved to be no problem for the Bill Mott-trained Elate, who romped to victory in the G2 Delaware Handicap.
Trainer Anthony Margotta, Jr. climbed racing’s highest peaks before losing everything to addiction. His comeback continues Saturday, when he sends out Teresa Z in the Delaware Handicap.
The Bill Mott-trained Elate kickstarted her 2017 season with a win at Delaware Park, and will look to reprise that in her first start in eight months in Saturday’s G2 Delaware Handicap.
Grade 1 winners Elate and Unbridled Mo top Saturday’s Grade 2 Delaware Handicap, which features a field of nine.
Four-year-old Teresa Z swept to victory in the $100,000 Obeah Saturday at Delaware Park and now will likely try her hand in the Delaware Handicap.