Jockey Vince Halliday suffered a terrible injury almost exactly two years ago, and he’s only now nearing 100% as he returns at last to what he loves.
Winless in five previous turf tries, Thirty Thou Kelvin picked a good spot for her breakthrough win: Saturday’s Christiana Stakes at Delaware Park.
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Delaware Park concludes three big weekends with a pair of sophomore turf stakes, and Miss Riddler is favored to solve the Christiana stakes for fillies.
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In a race reminiscent of the great Blind Luck-Havre de Grace showdown, Idiomatic took a Delaware Handicap thriller over Classy Edition.
Today’s Delaware Park card features three stakes, topped by the Grade 2 Delaware Handicap, and those races pose (and will answer) some questions.
Several graded stakes winners are among the runners expected to compete in Saturday’s Battery Park Stakes at Delaware Park.
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.
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.