TWO-YEAR-OLD WINNERS FEATURED AT DELAWARE PARK
The Biz- July 21, 2021
There aren’t a ton of two-year-old winners yet on the East Coast, but seven of them are scheduled to convene Wednesday afternoon at Delaware Park in an allowance-optional claiming contest that’s drawn some of the more intriguing regional babies.
The five-furlong dirt race for two-year-olds is race six, and post time is estimated to be 3:45 p.m. Three of the seven entrants are fillies, while the rest are colts or geldings.
- The story of Post Boy, the great Maryland horseIn the nation’s early days, horse racing was its only organized sport, and one of its biggest stars was Post Boy, called “the great Maryland horse.”
The morning line favorite is Stand Up Comic. The Butch Reid-trained daughter of Practical Joke was well fancied in her debut at Parx Racing, sent off at 9-10 odds. And she ran like it, winning by two lengths under jockey Frankie Pennington.
Charlie Marquez will ride today, and Stand Up Comic is 2-1 on the morning line.
Bandits Warrior was one of the first – and one of the most impressive – two-year-old winners in Maryland this year. The Jerry Robb trainee won by 2 ½ lengths in her May 23 debut. A half-sister to multiple stakes winner Anna’s Bandit, who’s earned over $800,000, Bandits Warrior will have Robb’s go-to rider, Xavier Perez, in the irons.
Other runners who graduated in Maryland in this contest include R B’s Star (8-1), who dropped into the $40,000 maiden claiming level for her initial victory, and the Jamie Ness-trained Mr. Mox, who won at first asking by a neck.
Also here is A Dangerous Guy (4-1). The Scott Lake trainee won impressively at second asking, scoring by over six lengths over the strip. Carol Cedeno will have the mount once again.
Kabod (10-1) and Always Drinking (8-1), both of whom graduated in maiden claiming company at Delaware Park, round out the field.
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