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  Category: Department of Agriculture


Thiskissformaryell Fastest Of DSBF Trotters Wednesday

Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund | Department of Agriculture | Date Posted: Thursday, October 2, 2025

HARRINGTON, DE – A quartet of $20,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) 1st leg divisions for 2-year-old trotters were contested on Wednesday at Harrington Raceway. Whodathunkit Stable’s Dancing Willow ($15, Jason Green) kicked things off with a 2:03.4 win off a first-over grind over Rainingrainbows and Ridley Park. The Dusty Winner filly notched her first […]




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, […]







  Category: Department of Agriculture

Thiskissformaryell Fastest Of DSBF Trotters Wednesday

Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund | Department of Agriculture | Date Posted: Thursday, October 2, 2025

HARRINGTON, DE – A quartet of $20,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) 1st leg divisions for 2-year-old trotters were contested on Wednesday at Harrington Raceway. Whodathunkit Stable’s Dancing Willow ($15, Jason Green) kicked things off with a 2:03.4 win off a first-over grind over Rainingrainbows and Ridley Park. The Dusty Winner filly notched her first […]




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, […]