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Delaware Park was the last mid-Atlantic track to regularly card Arabian races, with the last Arabian races being held in 2021. [5] The area has a strong Arabian and equestrian population. Michael Matz , Barbaro's trainer, won the silver medal in the equestrian events at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia .
The Kent Stakes is a Listed American race for Thoroughbred race horses, age three, run on the turf at Delaware Park Racetrack located in Stanton, Delaware. Set at a distance of one and three eighth mile (11 furlongs), the race currently offers a purse of $250,000. In 2011, due to heavy rain, this turf race was held on the main track.
Articles relative to Delaware Park Racetrack in Stanton, Delaware, United States. Pages in category "Delaware Park Racetrack" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
The Delaware Oaks Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid July at Delaware Park Racetrack in Stanton near Wilmington, Delaware.. Part of the Del Cap Festival Weekend that features other races over the two days including the Delaware Handicap, the Oaks is open to three-year-old fillies and is run over one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt.
The Robert G. Dick Memorial Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares age three and older run over a distance of 1 + 3 ⁄ 8 miles on the turf held annually in July at Delaware Park in Stanton, Delaware.
In 2023, Delaware Park management announced that the race would be shortened to 1 + 3 ⁄ 16 miles, citing difficulties in attracting top fillies and mares to run the 1 + 1 ⁄ 4-mile distance. [ 4 ] In 1939, Shangay Lily won the race as a seven year old, and is the oldest winner of the race.
The Blue Hen Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old fillies held annually in early October at Delaware Park Racetrack in Stanton, Delaware.A non-graded stakes event raced on dirt, since 2004 it has been contested at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles (8.5 furlongs).
The Obeah Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid June at Delaware Park Racetrack in Stanton, Delaware. Formerly a Grade III event, it is contested on dirt at a previous distance of a mile and an eighth (9 furlongs). The race is now one and one-sixteenth miles and permits horses three years and older to compete. [1]