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  Category: Department of Agriculture


Tetrick, Just Applause Heads Harrington DSBF Fillies Tuesday

Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund | Department of Agriculture | Date Posted: Wednesday, October 1, 2025

HARRINGTON, DE – Let It Ride Stable’s and Carl Howard’s Just Applause ($2.80, Tim Tetrick) was a 1:55 winner to head a pair of Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) $20,000 divisions for 2-year-old pacing fillies Tuesday at Harrington Raceway. The daughter of He’s Watching raced gamely off a first-over trip, where she applied pressure to […]




Harrington DSBF Stakes Underway

Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund | Department of Agriculture | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 30, 2025

HARRINGTON, DE – Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) stakes for 2-year-old pacing colts and geldings kicked off the Monday program at Harrington Raceway with a pair of $20,000 divisions. The top 8-point earners from two weeks of elimination legs will return for the $110,000 Final on October 13. He’s Watching-sired horses captured two of the […]




Box Tree Moth Found in New Castle County

Department of Agriculture | New Castle County | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, September 22, 2025

DOVER, Del. (Sept. 22, 2025) — The Delaware Department of Agriculture has confirmed a find of a box tree moth (Cydalima perspectalis) in New Castle County during inspections of traps set up on the New Castle County-Kent County border. The box tree moth is a federally regulated pest that primarily feeds on boxwood species (Buxus […]




Delaware Confirms Initial Cases of West Nile Virus in Horses for 2025

Department of Agriculture | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 9, 2025

DOVER, Del. (Sept. 9, 2025) – The Office of the State Veterinarian within the Delaware Department of Agriculture has confirmed the first two cases of West Nile Virus (WNV) in Delaware horses this year. The onset of symptoms in these cases occurred between Aug. 31-Sept. 1. The cases include: • 4-year-old Standardbred gelding, Kent County, […]




Tree for Every Delawarean Initiative Awards $173,000 to Nine Organizations

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Forest Service | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 9, 2025

The Tree for Every Delawarean Initiative has awarded $173,000 to nine organizations to plant 12,055 trees in spring of 2026







  Category: Department of Agriculture

Tetrick, Just Applause Heads Harrington DSBF Fillies Tuesday

Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund | Department of Agriculture | Date Posted: Wednesday, October 1, 2025

HARRINGTON, DE – Let It Ride Stable’s and Carl Howard’s Just Applause ($2.80, Tim Tetrick) was a 1:55 winner to head a pair of Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) $20,000 divisions for 2-year-old pacing fillies Tuesday at Harrington Raceway. The daughter of He’s Watching raced gamely off a first-over trip, where she applied pressure to […]




Harrington DSBF Stakes Underway

Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund | Department of Agriculture | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 30, 2025

HARRINGTON, DE – Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) stakes for 2-year-old pacing colts and geldings kicked off the Monday program at Harrington Raceway with a pair of $20,000 divisions. The top 8-point earners from two weeks of elimination legs will return for the $110,000 Final on October 13. He’s Watching-sired horses captured two of the […]




Box Tree Moth Found in New Castle County

Department of Agriculture | New Castle County | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, September 22, 2025

DOVER, Del. (Sept. 22, 2025) — The Delaware Department of Agriculture has confirmed a find of a box tree moth (Cydalima perspectalis) in New Castle County during inspections of traps set up on the New Castle County-Kent County border. The box tree moth is a federally regulated pest that primarily feeds on boxwood species (Buxus […]




Delaware Confirms Initial Cases of West Nile Virus in Horses for 2025

Department of Agriculture | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 9, 2025

DOVER, Del. (Sept. 9, 2025) – The Office of the State Veterinarian within the Delaware Department of Agriculture has confirmed the first two cases of West Nile Virus (WNV) in Delaware horses this year. The onset of symptoms in these cases occurred between Aug. 31-Sept. 1. The cases include: • 4-year-old Standardbred gelding, Kent County, […]




Tree for Every Delawarean Initiative Awards $173,000 to Nine Organizations

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Forest Service | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 9, 2025

The Tree for Every Delawarean Initiative has awarded $173,000 to nine organizations to plant 12,055 trees in spring of 2026