Delaware Park picks and analysis: June 17, 2026
- CARRYOVERS: None
- POST TIME: 12:20 P.M.
- NUMBER OF RACES: 9
RACE 1: 1-3-4-6
#1 Martiniwithatwist heads this 2yo maiden event with a win-early pedigree and hard-hitting barn; freshman sire Golden Pal is off to a fast start, though he was a turf sprinter, and one of this one’s two half-sibs to race won first out; trainer Gary Capuano has a 29% strike rate with a positive ROI with two-year-old firsters… #3 Olivia’s Legacy’s dam was stakes-placed at two, and sire Blofeld’s offspring win at a 16% clip first out… #4 Weaver is by top sire Vekoma, whose two-year-olds win at a 22% clip first out, and trainer Lynch has a ridiculous 3.29 ROI with debut 2yo…
RACE 2: 5-3-4-2
#5 Warriors Jewel rallied smartly last time out to be in a three-horse photo for third and has better outings to run back to in her third off the bench… #3 Perugia gets blinkers off after an off-color outing in latest and has two wins and a second at this six-furlong trip… #4 Sister Carlie dominated last time out but that was a very weak field, and none of five to run back has finished in the money next out…
RACE 3: 4-3-6-1
#4 Candy Luna grabbed second two back and last out got caught up in the speed early; she was still there into the final furlong before stopping; still lightly raced enough to improve… #3 Reece’s Drama ran OK to be second last out in her first try in a couple of months; rates a big shot in this group, but it’s hard to get excited about taking short odds on a runner who’s 0-for-16… #6 Fortune Garden has faced better…
RACE 4
This race is OFF THE TURF… 10-5-2-9… #10 Violet’s Charm is the lone main track only entrant in this race and enters with back-to-back good-looking victories… #5 Don’t Fool With Me is better on turf, it appears, but she has run some good races on the main track… #2 Determined Princess may scratch but could contend if staying in and gets blinkers off…
RACE 5: 5-7-2-1
#5 She’s a Gem makes her first start in the Guerrero barn and first in four months; her last, versus better, was not good as she got cooked on the front end, but if she’s at her best, she could speed of the speed and has lots of better races to run back to; like that Guerrero protects her despite the off-color outing… #7 Awesome Pic has been the beaten favorite in two straight but also beat similar at Tampa a few starts back; drawn well outside the other speed, and the runner-up from latest came back to win… #2 Compass Fire makes her second start off the bench…
RACE 6
This race is OFF THE TURF… 2-1-8-10… #2 Orange Road faced better in two starts at Oaklawn and gets blinkers on today; that last start has produced three next-out winners to date… #1 Leo’s Foo gets blinkers on for his second start and exits a tough heat that’s produced three next-out winners and was won by the well-regarded Grant the Great… #8 Hopeygot moved up the class ladder from claiming to special weight ranks and ran another good race before tiring to third, and that day’s winner Just Jo Jo, repeated at DEL this past weekend; plentiful early speed…
RACE 7: 5-4-7-2
#5 G W’s Girl, a stakes winner last year at three, found herself in pretty deep waters in her seasonal bow in the Rehoboth, which included millionaire Haulin Ice; that was a useful effort, and she can move forward here in her second start of the year… #4 Onyx Ten won three stakes last year and also owns two wins at DEL for a barn that can win first off the bench… #7 Kelly’s Girl saw some tough rivals over the winter at Oaklawn, which seemed to pay off in her first local start when throttling two-other-than company…
RACE 8: 4-2-7-5
This race is OFF THE TURF… #4 Complex Music has run two good races off the bench, arriving off a win, and in a race with some confirmed frontrunner types, he might sit a good stalk-and-pounce trip… #2 Seasonal Love has a ton of early speed and should be part of the pace; she’s one of two in here, our top choice being the other, who narrowly squeeze in the condition of “have never won $22,000 once other than,” as both have won an allowance where the winner’s share was more than $20k but less than $22k… #7 Great Quality goes out for the hard-hitting Gary Capuano barn and makes her second start of the season…
RACE 9: 4-5-8-1
#4 Bodine is the most lightly raced of the group with just two career starts; getting reunited with leading rider Lopez a good sign… #5 Ready and Able has speed figs that are supposed to win at this level but also has eight winless starts on the main track and arrives off a three-month break… #8 Magic Bay has faced better…
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