Claiming activity dipped in June after its huge May increase but still remained strong, in our Claimbox report.
Lovely Maria, winner of the G1 Kentucky Oaks, is even-money on the morning line for Saturday’s G3 Delaware Oaks, where she’ll face seven rivals.
Trainer Graham Motion has won six of the 18 runnings of the G3 Robert Dick Memorial at Delaware. Lady of Gold is one of his two shots to win a seventh.
Returning from injury is as much a part of a jockey’s career as understanding pace. Just ask Alex Cintron, who’s riding well after a horrific fall spill.
Normandy Invasion, fourth in the 2013 Kentucky Derby, finished second today in a Delaware Park allowance in his first start in a year.
Trainer Randy Nunley, his wife Tracy, and mother-in-law Carole are carrying on his late father-in-law John’s business: winning races for Porter Racing.
With Forest Boyce in the irons, Luna Time, trained by Graham Motion, posted a 15-1 upset to win the Grade 3 Obeah at Delaware Park Saturday.
Suffolk Downs’s closure and the horse shortage have meant trouble for New Englanders like trainer Bill Sienkewicz, who’s fighting on at Delaware Park.
Several runners, including 2014 Delaware Oaks winner Fortune Pearl, may use Saturday’s G3 Obeah as a springboard to next month’s Grade 1 Delaware Handicap.
In the twilight of his career, jockey Kerwin Clark, 56, is enjoying unprecedented success. Much of that stems from the loyalty of trainer Larry Jones.