Delaware Park picks and analysis: June 29, 2024
Picks and analysis for this afternoon’s card from Delaware Park:
- DATE: June 29, 2024
- RACES ON CARD: 8
- CARRYOVERS: None
- POST TIME: 12:30 p.m.
RACE 1
5. Deleted Video | Class dropper was up against it on speed-favoring day last time on dirt versus better; connections want out |
2. Minny Speightster | Return to route distance a plus |
1. Alabama Shake | Debut wasn’t terrible |
- Strongest favorite: Deleted Video (R1, 4-5 ML)
- Longest shot: Willow Creek Road (R7, 10-1)
- Note: Our computer and human don’t always see eye to eye!
RACE 2
1. Jackson Road | Seemed to be done, then found more in season debut; show horse came back with a win |
4. Intrepid’s Legacy | Half to stakes winners Intrepid Dream and Intrepid Daydream gelded since graduation score in a race that’s produced two next out winners |
6. Crooked Dreams | Much the best in last and shifts into red-hot Arriagada barn |
RACE 3
7. Wow Wish | Last was better than it looks as runner stuck with it after being taken back out of second flight |
4. Etretat | Couldn’t go with runaway winner in last but well clear of rest; shifts into Sullivan barn |
2. I Had Enough | Robb-Crispin combo 11-for-27 at DEL |
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RACE 4 – ON THE TURF
7. Thirty West | Good tries in last couple and can waive the claiming tag here |
5. Saisir Le Jour | Drops into claiming company for first time off not-terrible try in maiden event here won by $290k Girvin firster |
11. Starforce | Disappointed as choice in last but has better to run back to and makes third start off the bench |
3. Rugby Road | Inclined to draw a line through last in amateur rider race with multiple issues; first of the season here |
RACE 5
6. Touchdown Montage | Pressed into submission in last but could control pace here; third off the bench |
9. Gran Runner | Bit of a freshening and has been facing better; 3-for-4 over the strip |
4. Red Devolution | Narrowly missed in last versus similar |
RACING NOTES
- After upsets in the last four races, including 12-1 Boardwalk Fries (R5) and 9-1 Arch Street (R6), Thursday’s late Pick 5 returned $15,427 on a 50-cent wager…
- Jockeys Julio Hernandez and Jaime Rodriguez swept Thursday’s first five races, with Hernandez scoring three times…
- Trainer Graham Motion went one-three in the day’s featured turf allowance when Brazilian-bred For Flying scored in her North American bow, winning a two-other-than by three parts of a length under Kevin Gomez…
RACE 6
8. Clockstrikestwelve | Last a disappointment but two-back effort good enough; has kept better company and makes third off the bench |
1. Next Episode | VA-bred allowance win came against Carolina Krystyna who recently won a N2X at LRL; prior two-turn tries just so-so |
2. Blonde Samaritan | Just missed versus subsequent Lyphard winner Stern Chaser here last year |
RACE 7
3. Freedom Road | Speed figs tower over rivals’, could be controlling speed, and because of the way the condition is written, gets to win it (potentially) for second time |
1. Willow Creek Road | Cuts back to preferred one-turn distance; show horse from last sprint, Lochmoor, now a winner of three straight |
6. Perfect Edge | Lightly raced sort found Keeneland waters too deep; this group should be more to his liking |
RACE 8
1. Doin’ittherightway | Delaware lover should have too much for these and make it three straight |
3. Goodluckchuck | Speedy sort should best rest but would need significant turnaround to beat top choice |
4. Hey Porter | Beat lesser two back |
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