Delta Downs News

Delta Downs: Calhoun sweeps both sprints on Premier Night
Trainer Bret Calhoun ruled the sprint divisions Saturday night on Premier Night at Delta Downs, with Speedacious easily winning her second straight $100,000 Matron while Su Casa G Casa scored a mild upset in the $100,000 Sprint.

Delta Downs: Despite slop, Star Guitar scores in Premier Night Championship
The remarkable Star Guitar splashed through the slop and won his fourth consecutive $200,000 Premier Night Championship on Saturday night a Delta Downs, drawing clear for a 3 1/4- length victory over a racing surface his connections believe he disliked.

Delta Downs: Star Guitar targets fourth straight Premier Night Championship
By now, one would think, Star Guitar should have scared the competition away from Louisiana-bred dirt-route stakes. He has won the last six such stakes for older horses and has been defeated only twice in 21 races of the statebred-restricted variety. But the lure of second-money in a $200,000 race has drawn rivals out of the woodwork, with nine set to line up against the Louisiana kingpin ...

Royal Delta, Awesome Maria to square off in Sabin
Despite carrying purse money of only $100,000, the field for Saturday's Grade 3 Sabin at Gulfstream Park couldn't have turned out much better.

Delta downs Shelbyville on Senior Day
Teams with talented guards really bother the Shelbyville Lady Golden Bears.

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Now I Know, the winner of the Grade 3, $500,000 Delta Downs Princess in December, has been retired after coming out of the $75,000 Martha Washington on Saturday with a fractured left knee.

Q&A: Don Simington
Veteran jockey recorded the 3,000th victory of his career Jan. 19 at Delta Downs, becoming the 159th rider to reach that mark. Birthdate: March 15, 1963, in Tomahawk, Wisc.

Oaklawn Park: Devious Intent eyes Martha Washington
Devious Intent, who won the $75,000 Genesis at Delta Downs in her last start Jan. 14, was to ship to Oaklawn on Wednesday to begin preparations for the $75,000 Martha Washington, trainer Bret Calhoun said. The one-mile race for 3-year-old fillies will be run Feb. 11.

Late preps: Devils hoops downs Demons; share league crown
Eagle Valley's Cooper Senn goes up to block a shot against Glenwood Springs' Randy Burbidge during Friday's game in Glenwood Springs. The Devils defeated the Demons, 59-52, to earn a share of the Slope title.

Delta grabs fourth straight 3A wrestling title; Payson second
The most storied wrestling program in Utah history reached another milestone as Delta won its 30th state title Saturday night at the UVU UCCU Event Center.