An interesting mix of local hopefuls and out-of-town invaders are set to contest Saturday’s first-ever Delaware Derby at Delaware Park.
Pennsylvania-bred Surfside Moon, second in the Withers in February, could target Laurel Park’s Federico Tesio Stakes, trainer Chuckie Lawrence said.
At Colonial Downs, juveniles Titoschangedmyluck led a long shot parade in the Keswick Stakes, while Simply Super took the Hickory Tree.
Wow Whata Summer, 83-1 upset winner of the G2 Penn Mile, will look to make it two straight in Saturday’s Grade 3 Kent Stakes at Delaware Park.
Wow Whata Summer, off at 83-1, conjured up memories of Rich Strike’s Kentucky Derby when he scored in Friday’s Grade 2 Penn Mile.
Trainers Chuck Lawrence and McLane Hendriks – godfather and godson- are hoping to compromise the Penn Mile exacta with Wow Whata Summer and Witty.
Alexis’s Storm became the third of her dam’s offspring (from three starters) to win at first asking when she romped in Maryland’s first baby race of 2022.
Glorious Empire, the Chuck Lawrence-trained, Fair Hill-based runner who was a finalist for the top turf horse of 2018, has been retired.
Home Run Maker, a stakes winner last January at Laurel Park, will make his first start since June in Saturday’s Dave’s Friend Stakes at Laurel Park.
My Sistersledge ran well but not quite well enough to win her third straight Maryland Million Ladies, which instead went to Zonda.