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  Category: Department of Agriculture


‘Thiskiss’ unstoppable in DSBF prelim

Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund | Department of Agriculture | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Thiskissformaryell, with Jim Morand driving, scored a victory in 2:01 as the 4-5 favorite on Tuesday, Nov. 11 DOVER, Del. — After sweeping his Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (DSBF) competition at Harrington Raceway in October, Thiskissformaryell proved dominant in the second of two $20,000 first-round divisions of the DSBF series for 2-year-old male trotters on […]




Tuis Star rolls to fourth straight victory in DSBF prelim

Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund | Department of Agriculture | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Tuis Star, driven by Corey Callahan, won in 2:02 on Monday, Nov. 10, at Bally’s Dover DOVER, Del. — Tuis Star made easy work of the competition in her $20,000 first-round division of the Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (DSBF) series for 2-year-old trotting fillies on Monday, Nov. 10, at Bally’s Dover, delivering an 11-3/4-length drubbing […]




Delaware announces presumptive positive avian influenza case in Kent County backyard poultry flock

Department of Agriculture | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, November 7, 2025

DOVER, Del. — The Delaware Department of Agriculture announced today that testing of a Kent County backyard poultry flock has returned presumptive positive for H5 HPAI (avian influenza). State officials have quarantined and are monitoring the affected premises, where a mixed species poultry flock has experienced a high death rate. The remaining poultry are being […]




Slugger On Deck Scores in DSBF Prelim

Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund | Department of Agriculture | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, November 7, 2025

DOVER, Del. — Jo Ann Looney-King’s homebred Slugger On Deck (pictured above) parlayed a pocket trip into a 1:53.1 win in his $20,000 first-round division of the Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund series for 2-year-old male pacers on Thursday (Nov. 6) at Bally’s Dover. Watch Em Win and Roman Raider captured the other splits. In the […]




Glenville Hollow Farms of Bridgeville honored with 2025 Environmental Stewardship Award

Department of Agriculture | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Glenville Hollow Farms of Bridgeville was recognized as the 2025 Environmental Stewardship Award winner during Tuesday’s Delaware Nutrient Management Commission Meeting.   DOVER, Del.  — A longtime Sussex County agricultural family was recognized for its commitment to top environmental practices during Tuesday’s Delaware Nutrient Management Commission Meeting. Glenville Hollow Farms of Bridgeville, owned by Steven […]







  Category: Department of Agriculture

‘Thiskiss’ unstoppable in DSBF prelim

Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund | Department of Agriculture | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Thiskissformaryell, with Jim Morand driving, scored a victory in 2:01 as the 4-5 favorite on Tuesday, Nov. 11 DOVER, Del. — After sweeping his Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (DSBF) competition at Harrington Raceway in October, Thiskissformaryell proved dominant in the second of two $20,000 first-round divisions of the DSBF series for 2-year-old male trotters on […]




Tuis Star rolls to fourth straight victory in DSBF prelim

Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund | Department of Agriculture | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Tuis Star, driven by Corey Callahan, won in 2:02 on Monday, Nov. 10, at Bally’s Dover DOVER, Del. — Tuis Star made easy work of the competition in her $20,000 first-round division of the Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (DSBF) series for 2-year-old trotting fillies on Monday, Nov. 10, at Bally’s Dover, delivering an 11-3/4-length drubbing […]




Delaware announces presumptive positive avian influenza case in Kent County backyard poultry flock

Department of Agriculture | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, November 7, 2025

DOVER, Del. — The Delaware Department of Agriculture announced today that testing of a Kent County backyard poultry flock has returned presumptive positive for H5 HPAI (avian influenza). State officials have quarantined and are monitoring the affected premises, where a mixed species poultry flock has experienced a high death rate. The remaining poultry are being […]




Slugger On Deck Scores in DSBF Prelim

Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund | Department of Agriculture | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, November 7, 2025

DOVER, Del. — Jo Ann Looney-King’s homebred Slugger On Deck (pictured above) parlayed a pocket trip into a 1:53.1 win in his $20,000 first-round division of the Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund series for 2-year-old male pacers on Thursday (Nov. 6) at Bally’s Dover. Watch Em Win and Roman Raider captured the other splits. In the […]




Glenville Hollow Farms of Bridgeville honored with 2025 Environmental Stewardship Award

Department of Agriculture | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Glenville Hollow Farms of Bridgeville was recognized as the 2025 Environmental Stewardship Award winner during Tuesday’s Delaware Nutrient Management Commission Meeting.   DOVER, Del.  — A longtime Sussex County agricultural family was recognized for its commitment to top environmental practices during Tuesday’s Delaware Nutrient Management Commission Meeting. Glenville Hollow Farms of Bridgeville, owned by Steven […]