Regaled will seek to defend Delaware Handicap crown
Eunomia is 3-1 favorite
Press Release
September 23, 2026
Ribble Farms, Hoolie Racing and Kemp Racing Stable’s Regaled will try to become the eighth two-time winner of the $500,000, Grade 3 Delaware Handicap this Saturday. The 89th renewal of the mile-and-an-eighth test for fillies and mares has attracted a field of eleven.
The Delaware Handicap is a Breeders’ Cup Dirt Dozen Bonus Series race for the $2 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff on October 31 at Keeneland. The top three finishers will receive credits toward Distaff entry fees: $30,000 for first, $15,000 for second and $7,500 for third. The DelCap tops – and ends — a 10-race card that includes three other stakes.
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Regaled won last year’s Delaware Handicap by 6 ¼ lengths before finishing third in the Grade I Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Del Mar Racecourse. Still seeking her first victory of 2026, the 5-year-old daughter of Mohaymen finished a solid second in both the Grade 2 Azeri at Oaklawn Park and, most recently, the Grade 2 Fleur de Lis at Churchill Downs on June 27. The Kentucky-bred, trained by D. Whitworth Beckman, has four wins, four seconds and four thirds from 23 starts, with earnings of $971,823.
Her Delaware Handicap victory last year and her seconds in the Azeri and Fleur de Lis this year came on muddy or sloppy tracks. Her connections hope for similar conditions Saturday.
“We have learned she is pace-dependent, and she prefers an off track, so everything came together at the right time for her in last year’s Delaware Handicap,” trainer D. Whitworth Beckman said. “There was a pretty fast pace in the Breeders’ Cup. Even though it did not come back, there was enough for us to have a good showing.”
Regaled has also shown an affinity for Delaware Park’s main track, winning the Delaware Handicap and finishing third in the 2024 Grade 3 Delaware Oaks at odds of 71-1.
“She is coming into the second part of her year really well,” Beckman said. “It is very much the same as last year. We are very happy with the way she is training. She has had a couple of really sharp works leading up to the race, so we are hopeful we are in the right spot and get the right setup. We know she likes Delaware, so hopefully everything will come together as it did last year.”
This is the largest field for the Delaware Handicap since 2005 when eleven started.
Regaled is 7-2 on the morning line.
The 3-1 morning line favorite is St. Elias Stable, WSS Racing, Turf Express Racing and Miller Racing’s Eunomia, who scored a 12-1 upset in the Grade 1 Clement L. Hirsch on Aug. 1 at Del Mar for the first graded stakes win of her career.
Micah Husbands is named.
Trainer Brad Cox has a pair of runners entered in 2025 Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan winner Margie’s Intention and Chasten, who finished four lengths behind Eunomia in the Hirsch but in her prior start had dominated the Obeah at Delaware Park. Both are 8-1 on the morning line.
Local hopefuls include Kinzie Queen (20-1) for trainer Greg Compton and Social Fortress (15-1) for Gregg Sacco. Social Fortress has never been worse than third in four local starts, including a sharp allowance win last out, and owns a stakes win in the 2024 Sorority at Monmouth Park. Cipriano Gil is named.
Kinzie Queen finished four lengths behind Social Fortress last out. A three-time winner, she also finished third in last year’s Black-Eyed Susan and Delaware Oaks. Jose Batista is named.
The Delaware Handicap has been carded as the tenth and final race on the card with an approximate post time of 5:45 p.m.
If either Eunomia or Margie’s Intention starts, the purse of the Delaware Handicap will increase to $600,000, with the winner to receive $330,000.
The Delaware Handicap’s seven two-time winners are Elate (2018 and 2019), Royal Delta (2012 and 2013), Nastique (1988 and 1989), Susan’s Girl (1973 and 1975), Blessing Angelica (1971 and 1972), Obeah (1969 and 1970) and Endine (1958 and 1959).
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