Princess of Sylmar was born just 30 miles from Delaware Park. Saturday she’ll return home hoping to put on a show in the Grade 1 Delaware Handicap.
Stake winners and top Midlantic-breds, in our weekend RaceBrief.
Fortune Pearl earned her first stakes victory with an impressive score in Saturday’s Grade 2 Delaware Oaks.
Five year-old Aigue Marine set a Delaware Park record for 1 3/8 miles in winning Saturday’s Robert Dick Memorial Stakes.
Local correspondent Doug McCoy handicaps the Grade 2 Delaware Oaks and Grade 3 Robert Dick Memorial.
This week’s On Tap features four graded events, including the second-biggest races from Delaware and Monmouth, and two Top Midlantic-bred Poll runners.
Trainer Chuck Lawrence has dreamed of winning the G2 Delaware Oaks. Saturday he’ll try to spread some Pixie Dust over the weekend feature.
Claiming activity dropped substantially, plus the Midlantic Claiming 7, in our Claimbox report.
Joint Return is the lukewarm 5-2 favorite in Saturday’s Grade 2 Delaware Oaks, which has drawn four from the Black-Eyed Susan, including runner-up Vero Amore.
An accomplished group of sophomore sprinters will tackle Delaware Park’s Oh Say Stakes on Saturday on the Delaware Oaks undercard.