Delaware Park Reaps Lobbying Reward; To See Influx Of Horses, Trainers

Newark Post reports ~

Over the coming days look for an influx of more horses from about a half dozen or so new trainers to Delaware Park Steve Margolis, Neil Howard, Brad Cox, Robert O’Connor, Wallace Dollase and Helen Pitts-Blasi are among the new outfits shifting their operations east to Delaware Park this summer.

...We thought it was a good opportunity to come to new a place and Pat (Pope, racing secretary) has a good facility and program in Delaware. We are just really hoping it works into something good for everybody. We got some 2-year-olds, older horses and some claimers. So, I think we got a nice group that should fit in well.” --Steve Margolis

...While I was in Tampa this past winter, Delaware Park sent a contingent.It was Jed (Doro, assistant racing secretary) and John (Mooney, executive director of racing). They were down there for a while and I spoke with them a couple of different times. They asked me if I ever thought about relocating. I told them I am a good old Kentucky boy and I had to go to the Churchill meet, but they asked me to keep Delaware Park on my mind. I am looking forward to coming to Delaware. I hear a lot of good things about the race track and there are a lot of good things happening at Delaware.” --Robert O’Connor

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