Four graded stakes winners top a field of 11 sophomore fillies that will tackle the Grade 3 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Saturday at Pimlico.
Three graded winners, including Grade 1 winner Wicked Whisper and Grade 2 winner Tonalist’s Shape, will clash in Friday’s Grade 3 Charles Town Oaks.
Hopeful Growth, well beaten last out in the Delaware Oaks, bounced back in style to win the Grade 3 Monmouth Oaks Saturday.
Hopeful Growth is among the contenders for Saturday’s G3 Delaware Oaks, and trainer Anthony Margotta is hoping this is the first of an Oaks trio.