Delaware Park picks and analysis: August 16, 2025
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August 16, 2025
Picks and analysis for this afternoon’s card from Delaware Park:
- RACES ON CARD: 8
- CARRYOVERS: None
- POST TIME: 12:30 p.m.
RACE 1
| 2. Look Sharp | Makes first start of the year, but connex protect him, worktab appears solid, and better efforts would win after mostly facing much better |
| 3. Sir Mendel | With some speed signed on, this one might sit the best trip |
| 4. Russian Hammer | Late-running sort is probably going to have work to do, but the speed likely will be coming back to him |
RACE 2
| 6. Messi the Great | Gets blinkers on for second off the bench after troubled return to action as beaten favorite; good meet for Carrasco barn |
| 4. World On Fire | Late-runner might get a good pace to chase |
| 7. Head of the Class | Gets 10-pound bug Arnold after near-miss in latest; should be involved from the jump |
RACE 3
| IF ON TURF | IF ON DIRT |
| 8. Psychedelic Shack | 1. De Angelo |
| 7. Wora | 7. Wora |
| 6. Noah Chance | 3. Altobelli |
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RACE 4
| 6. English Daddy | Probable speed of the speed returns to preferred surface, didn’t miss by much versus better in latest main-track try |
| 11. Issano | Makes third start off the bench and gets Chuan in the irons |
| 3. Spiralizer | Shifts into the Ness barn after having faced much better; original connex liked him enough to try him twice in stakes company |
RACE 5
| IF ON TURF | IF ON DIRT |
| 11. Alrasikh | 4. Silk Suit |
| 9. Basic Miles | 6. American Litigator |
| 4. Silk Suit | 12. Disco Dervish |
| 3. Thirty West | 3. Thirty West |
RACE 6
| 6. New Diamond | Finds lowest level yet for a barn that wins 28% on big drops |
| 3. No Walk Inthe Park | Wheels back on shortish rest after big try at 11-1 |
| 2. Charlize Chub | No idea where that last outing came from — she was 36-1 — but a repeat would put her in the mix |
RACE 7
| IF ON TURF | IF ON DIRT |
| 7. Golden Rocket | 3. Honorable Win |
| 1. Clementine Hunter | 5. Morgs World |
| 5. Morgs World | 7. Golden Rocket |
| 4. Doesn’thurttoflirt |
RACE 8
| 1. Fifth Gear | Lightly raced sort hasn’t had a ton of luck in return from a year away, catching Conch Fried Race, who repeated, in first start and then getting cooked in the speed in second; easier group here for third |
| 3. Got Game | Figs say she wins but aggressive drop in first off the claim raises questions |
| 7. Messy Lu | Latest might have been a bit better than it looked with middle move before tiring, gets blinkers on for this outing |
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