July 15th was my first time going to Delaware Park, it was Delaware Handicap Day. The Delaware Handicap is a Grade 1 race for Fillies and Mares 3 years old and up, and is one and one quarter miles on dirt.
The highlight and main attraction of the Del. Handicap on this day would be the appearance of the super horse Songbird from California. She had won 12 of 13 races coming into the day.
There was a great card of racing prior to the running of the Delaware Handicap. In Race 2, my friend who has been featured in this blog many times, Sheldon Russell, seen here exiting the paddock, had the mount on Lisa Limon.
Later in the card, Sheldon was in the irons on Cheese On, and I got this photo as he was entering Winners Circle.
A highlight for me was running into Beth Anne Dixon. Bethann has also been featured in this blog a few times as a Triple Crown Bugler, and also the post about her riding with the Goshen Hounds.
Over the course of a couple years now, through my Equine Drawings, I have become friends with many of the photographers that have given me image use permission. Eric Kalet, who shoots for the Paulick Report, is certainly one of them!
Penelope Miller is the Managing Editor and one of the photographers for Americas Best Racing. She is a good friend, and I always enjoy seeing her, and have now a number of tracks.
Of course the biggest highlight of a day at the track is the equine athletes! The next post will be about the Delaware Handicap, and about my horse crush Songbird.
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