With a half-dozen stakes at Laurel and Delaware, to say nothing of stakes held at Monmouth and Parx, here are five things we learned over the weekend.
Apprentice rider Ashley Castrenze, learning on the job, said her fast start was both blessing and curse, and that her first stakes win Saturday was “a relief.”
Old Harbor blazed to a Delaware Park track record in winning the Rosenberger today, while Ain’t Got Time defended his title in the Governors Day.
Trainer Gina Rosenthal took two Delaware-certified stakes today at Delaware Park; Del Park lover Galiana had to be vanned off.
A pair of juveniles – Sunshine Included and Our Rombauer – made their first wins count in stakes company today at Delaware Park.
Janine Melnitz — named for the secretary in Ghostbusters — makes her first foray into stakes company in Saturday’s Rosenberger. Plus odds and analysis.
Saturday’s Tax Free Shopping Distaff at Delaware Park may run through 3-time champ Galiana. If not there’s an opening for Papa’s Forest, trained by Joe Sharp.
Trainer Larry Jones brings a live pair to Saturday’s DTHA Governors Day Stakes, though Tim Ritchey’s Ain’t Got Time is favored.
Though trainer Jamie Ness split with his main owner 18 months ago, he’s back in familiar territory now: atop the Delaware Park trainer standings.
Talented You Know Too was beaten by a lung infection last out. Saturday she’ll try to make amends in the G1 Spinaway for trainer Michael Gorham.
