That's an interesting observation, because the season will end on Derby Day and then the horses will scatter. More recently Delaware Park has become "Tampa Bay Downs north". So many trainers have made their season schedules around these 2 tracks' racing dates. I guess it makes sense, the level of competition is similar and this way the trainers only have to move twice a year. But that is where the similarity ends......year after year the fields are getting shorter at Delaware, the handle is putrid, and the purses never recovered to where they were before they banned smoking inside the racino. It's about the same drive for me to go to Parx or to Delaware, and I haven't been to Delaware in at least 5 years. Pity, because it was great from about 1997 to 2003, and the place has always been a great place to spend a day racing with the shaded picnic grounds and beautiful paddock area.
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