Favorite things: Royal Delta

Over the next couple of weeks, The Racing Biz will celebrate the holiday season by sharing a few of our (and your) favorite pictures, articles, and videos from 2013.  Our folks have been on the spot for many of the most important racing days of the mid-Atlantic season and have come up with compelling words and images to tell the tales they’ve heard and seen.  We hope you’ll enjoy them…

ROYAL DELTA

Over the last several years, the Delaware Handicap has become one of the most important races for older fillies and mares in the country.  This year, the star of the show was defending handicap mare champ Royal Delta, and the champ delivered the goods, trouncing her overmatched rivals by nearly 11 lengths.  It was her second straight win in this race, and she’s notched 12 wins, with nearly $5 million in earnings, in her fabulous career.  The images here are by Vas, whose quirky and compelling work has appeared here several times.

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