Trainer Butch Reid grew up going to Delaware Park, and he’s hoping to see his hard knocking mare Morning Matcha win that track’s biggest race.
In Pennsylvania-bred stakes at Parx Racing Monday, Morning Matcha and Far Mo Power both rallied from well off the pace to kick off their seasons in style.
In a race reminiscent of the great Blind Luck-Havre de Grace showdown, Idiomatic took a Delaware Handicap thriller over Classy Edition.
Today’s Delaware Park card features three stakes, topped by the Grade 2 Delaware Handicap, and those races pose (and will answer) some questions.
Only two trainers have won both the Delaware Oaks and Delaware Handicap in the same year. Morning Matcha gives Butch Reid a shot to be the third.
Award Wanted scored an 18-1 upset in the Obeah Stakes, as the onetime $16,000 claimer continues to pay dividends for trainer Jerry Robb and the owners.
Multiple stakes winner Morning Matcha has been installed as the favorite for Saturday’s Obeah, the local prep for the Delaware Handicap at DelPark.
In a pair of PA-bred stakes at Parx Racing Monday, Twisted Ride narrowly prevailed in the Page McKenney and Morning Matcha scored in the Unique Bella.
Caravel, the Pennsylvania-bred mare who pulled a 42-1 shocker in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, earns the nod as the Top Midlantic-bred of 2022.
Two horses polling well in the Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred/The Racing Biz Top Midlantic-bred Poll are among those entered in the Breeders’ Cup.