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02
Mar

Horses return to Delaware Park

The Biz / 9 years
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1 min read

The first horses arrived at Delaware Park March 1 to begin training for the 2016 meeting, which starts May 21.

04
Nov

Delaware Park horsemen hope to fill stable area

Doug McCoy / 10 years
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4 min read

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.

19
Sep

Delaware horsemen cautiously hopeful for racing circuit

Doug McCoy / 10 years
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6 min read

Delaware horsemen — who perhaps would be most affected by the implementation of a Maryland-Delaware racing circuit — are cautiously optimistic about it.

24
Jul

Pletcher overage that wasn’t has major implications for racing

The Biz / 10 years
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9 min read

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.

16
May

Delaware Park opens amid optimism

Doug McCoy / 10 years
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6 min read

Delaware Park opens today with more horses on the grounds and a revamped condition book it hopes will generate more competitive — and betable — races.

25
Oct

The good, the bad, and the ugly at Delaware Park

Doug McCoy / 11 years
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6 min read

The just-completed Delaware Park meet was like an old spaghetti western, says Doug McCoy: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Minus Clint Eastwood, of course.

30
Aug

Racing industry workers cast a wary eye on the future

Doug McCoy / 11 years
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8 min read

Anyone can see that the Thoroughbred industry faces challenging times. But that uncertainty feels a lot different to those who work in the racing industry.

16
Aug

Delaware Racing Commission will change testing lab

Doug McCoy / 11 years
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6 min read

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.

21
Jul

Delaware horsemen concerned by positive drug tests

Doug McCoy / 11 years
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7 min read

Recent positive drug tests against widely respected trainers have Delaware horsemen worried about new medication policies and the state’s new testing lab.

19
Jul

Delaware horsemen troubled by slow pace of drug tests

Doug McCoy / 11 years
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5 min read

Delaware’s horsemen are increasingly frustrated by hold-ups in finalizing drug tests and releasing purse moneys, with some purses held up almost two months.

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