By: Frank Vespe/October 6, 2022 It’s a long way from Hot Springs, Arkansas to Stanton, Delaware: nearly 1,200 miles by the most direct route. But it’s a trip that’s become old hat to trainer Greg Compton. Compton has split his year between Oaklawn Park in Arkansas and Delaware Park annually since 2017. It’s
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Read MoreWilmington, Del., August 25, 2022 —Black Cloud Racing Stable’s Bound By Destiny will be looking to run her unbeaten streak to three when she faces ten rivals in the $50,000 Blue Hen Stakes at Delaware Park on Wednesday, August 31. The five and a half furlong event for 2-year-old fillies is a prep for the
Read MoreWilmington, Del., August 26, 2022 —Fresh off an impressive score in his career debut, Runnymoore Racing’s Cold Feet tops a field of seven in the $50,000 Dover Stakes at Delaware Park on Thursday, September 1. The five and a half furlong event for 2-year-olds is a prep for the six furlong $100,000 First State Dash slated
Read MoreJerome “Jed” Doro has been promoted to Director of Racing at Delaware Park effective on Sunday, August 1. He will assume most of the duties of long-time Executive Director of RacingJohn Mooney, who recently announced his retirement. Doro, 43, was the Racing Secretary at Delaware Park from 2014 through 2018. The native of Bemidji, Minnesota,
Read MoreJohn E. Mooney, the executive director of racing at Delaware Park, will retire as of Aug. 1, the longtime racing executive announced July 26. The track’s seven-furlong turf course will be dedicated to him with a naming ceremony planned for Owners Day Oct. 1. “His career has been brilliant, and like everyone in the Delaware
Read Moreby Paulick Report Staff|04.20.2022|4:41pm Mark Reid Trainer Mark Reid, who saddled over 1,800 winners in his 46-year career, has retired at the age of 72, reports The Racing Biz. Reid’s top trainee was the multiple Grade 2 winner Mr. Nickerson, a two-time participant in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint. The graduate of the University of Maryland also spent
Read MoreOFF THE PACE: CATCHING UP WITH VINCE HALLIDAY Vince Halliday and Meetmeatthewire won at Delaware Park on June 19, 2019. Photo by HoofprintsInc.com. Mike Valiante January 18, 2022 The Equibase chart comment line “clipped heels, fell” was succinct in describing the incident involving the horse ridden by jockey Vince Halliday in the eighth race at Delaware
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Read MoreD. Scott Peck at Delaware Park on 8/7/21. Photo: Hoofprintsinc.com by Jim Hague at THE RACING BIZ August 13, 2021 Scott Peck’s fascination with horses began at a very early age. “I saw a horse drawn wagon,” Peck said. “I would run down the hill and wait for the next one to come by.”
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