Top runners from trainers Graham Motion and John Servis will aim for the top prize in Saturday’s Grade 1, $750,000 Delaware Handicap — but it won’t be easy.
Several runners, including 2014 Delaware Oaks winner Fortune Pearl, may use Saturday’s G3 Obeah as a springboard to next month’s Grade 1 Delaware Handicap.
Multiple Grade 1 winner Stopchargingmaria, who won the 2014 Black-Eyed Susan, returns to Pimlico as the likely favorite in the Allaire DuPont Distaff Stakes.
Dual Classic winner California Chrome and speedy filly Untapable headline Saturday’s Parx Racing card, featuring the G1 Pennsylvania Derby and G1 Cotillion.
Local correspondent Doug McCoy handicaps the Grade 2 Delaware Oaks and Grade 3 Robert Dick Memorial.
Joint Return is the lukewarm 5-2 favorite in Saturday’s Grade 2 Delaware Oaks, which has drawn four from the Black-Eyed Susan, including runner-up Vero Amore.
A decade ago, John Servis and Smarty Jones were the toast of Baltimore. Servis will be back Friday, when Joint Return runs in the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes.