The number of equine fatalities at Delaware Park dropped to its lowest recorded level in 2016. Why? Many reasons, industry participants say.
Classy I’m a Chatterbox survived an objection today to earn her second Grade 1 win, this in the $750,000 Delaware Handicap.
Maryland and Delaware have recorded more than a dozen glaucine positives in recent months, with horsemen growing impatient for a resolution.
Delaware’s stewards will allow Todd Pletcher trainee Princess of Sylmar’s second-place finish in the ’14 DelCap to stand – despite her corticosteroid overage.
Indiana terminated Truesdail Laboratories after it missed three positives. That’s cause for concern for four Midlantic racing commissions which employ Truesdail.
Frustrated by the slow pace of testing and spurred by horsemen’s consistency concerns, the Delaware Racing Commission voted to change its drug testing lab.
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.
A recent international jockey safety conference attracted participants from all over the world — but not many from the United States, which was too bad, says Teresa Genaro.