The barn area for Delaware Park’s 2016 meeting will open March 1, with stall applications due February 10, the Delaware Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association announced.
Delaware Park’s 81-day 2016 live racing meet will feature the Grade 3 Delaware Oaks on July 9 and Grade 1 Delaware Handicap on July 16.
Claiming activity dropped in October, with Parx seeing the biggest declines, in our Claimbox report.
Delaware certified horses earned nearly $1 million in bonuses during the just completed Delaware Park meeting, and those bonuses will continue in 2016.
An agreement between horsemen and Delaware Park provides year-round stabling at the track — if there are enough takers. Time’s a-wastin’ to get stalls there.
Delaware Park’s recently concluded 2015 had plenty of bright spots — but challenges for the future also were laid bare.
The good news: wagering was up at Delaware Park in 2015 vs. 2014. The bad: the daily average increased less than one percent.
Jockey Trevor McCarthy won five races Wednesday at Delaware Park — one shy of the track’s one-day record of six wins, a record shared by McCarthy’s father.
Delaware Racing Commission stewards hit trainer Rodolfo Romero with a 90-day suspension after finding needles and syringes in a search of his barn.
Trainer Campbell Wilson has done most of what you can do in the Thoroughbred industry. The main thing, he says, is to be with horses.