With the offseason upon us, Mike Valiante pondered: who were the best horses to run at Delaware Park in the last 60 years? Here are his answers.
Corey Nakatani, California Chrome, Arrogate, and Songbird headline the 2023 class of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
Rick Porter, a native of Wilmington, DE, who campaigned some of the top runners of recent years, including Songbird, has passed away at 80.
From a champ’s final victory to early successes for newcomers, here are eight stories from Delaware Park that mattered this season.
Songbird’s expected Delaware Handicap coronation turned into a dogfight, but in the end, she gave owner Rick Porter his first DelCap win.
With champion Songbird set to start in Saturday’s DelCap, it calls to our correspondent’s mind racing 1970s golden era, and the great race between Our Mims and Mississippi Mud.
Two-time Eclipse champion Songbird will attempt to give owner Rick Porter his first win in his state’s biggest race, the G1 Delaware Handicap.
While McCraken still leads in the NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll, Tampa Bay Derby winner Tapwrit and San Felipe winner Mastery both moved up.
Three-year-old Unique Bella rose to fourth on the NTRA’s Top Three-Year-Old poll, still headed by McCraken, while Arrogate was judged the Top Thoroughbred overall.
McCraken and Arrogate lead the latest NTRA Top 3-year-old and Top Thoroughbred Polls, but with major Derby preps this weekend, things could change.