Joint Return is the lukewarm 5-2 favorite in Saturday’s Grade 2 Delaware Oaks, which has drawn four from the Black-Eyed Susan, including runner-up Vero Amore.
An accomplished group of sophomore sprinters will tackle Delaware Park’s Oh Say Stakes on Saturday on the Delaware Oaks undercard.
Vegas No Show, a two-time stake winner in 2013, is the morning line favorite for Saturday’s Carl Hanford Memorial Stakes in the four year-old’s 2014 debut.
A full field is slated to run in Saturday’s Robert Dick Memorial at Delaware Park, and Graham Motion will have two shots at a seventh win in the event.
Stake winners and top Midlantic-breds, in our weekend RaceBrief.
Delaware Park starter Bobby Syndor has 42 years of experience on the gate crew. Yet he says he’s still learning every day, which may be why he’s succeeded.
Rodney Dangerfield said that he went to a fight and a hockey game broke out. Replace “hockey game” with “horse race,” and you have the week in horse racing.
Delaware stewards yesterday suspended trainer Juan Vazquez for 90 days, fined him, and sent him to counseling for starting a fight with rider Trevor McCarthy.
Trainer Juan Vazquez and jockey Trevor McCarthy appeared before the Delaware Racing Commission stewards today to discuss their Monday fight.
Claiming activity hit a high-water mark, plus the Midlantic Claiming 7, in our Claimbox report.
