Delaware Park picks and analysis: August 9, 2025

  • userThe Biz
  • dateAugust 8, 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

3. Chelsea WallArrives on 2-race heater, latest against open claimers; should get a good trip off the speed
4. Carroll GirlImproved outing in latest and makes third start off the bench; figures to be one-two in the early running
5. Date Night KissesHas her moments; trainer Ness is 30% second off the claim

RACE 2

7. EstrellisShowed a little speed in a pair of ’24 starts and arrives here with new trainer Nazario; hoping they’ve worked out the gate issues
1. Bella CreedDidn’t run badly in latest in a race that’s produced a next-out winner and four others to run in the money next out
6. FontabelleHas seen much better

RACE 3

5. Edge of TownMay be rounding back into better form, and this field, light on early lick, may allow her to showcase her zip to best effect
7. Bella QueenUncharacteristically far back in latest but closed nicely; shouldn’t be so far back this time
1. I’m a Cutie PieMakes third start off the bench following improved outing in latest

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RACE 4

2. AranciataMade up significant ground in latest but was left with a lot to do; expecting the pace to be more moderate in this contest
5. Pretty ThingLikely to go hunting the early lead but may have company
11. Major MayhemNot entirely sold on the gaudy Beyer fig in latest, but if it’s right, this one’s a major player at a price if drawing in
4. Like a DreamMade season bow a winning one in a race that’s produced two next-out winners

RACE 5

6. MaidaThrottled LRL maiden foes in latest and show horse broke her maiden here Aug. 6; should be controlling speed
4. M J’s YoshidaNot at all hating this one’s efforts: since breaking her maiden by a pole, she went up to the Spa to face allowance foes and then returned home to tangle with millionaire multiple graded stakes winner Mystic Lake in a race in which she bested stakes winner Safe Trust; plenty of upside
5. You’re the OneFormful sort saw two-race win streak snapped by red-hot Cuz Ur Pretty in a two-other-than; should be pressing early

RACING NOTES

  • Check out Delaware Park jockey and trainer stats here…
  • Good-looking win for Sina ($2.40) on Friday, as the two-year-old Gun Runner filly graduated by five lengths at second asking in a time — 1:11.89 for six furlongs — that was almost exactly the same as the 1:11.90 it took older boys to do the distance four races later. Second on debut at Churchill Downs, she was ridden by Jaime Rodriguez for trainer Brett Brinkman…
  • Sina’s win was one of two on the day for her pilot, Jaime Rodriguez. Also winning twice was jockey Kevin Gomez…
  • On the trainer side, Brittany Russell won a pair, both with Gomez up…
  • Trainer Jaclyn Reed earned her first career win in the opener, as High Heel Native won at first asking with Jose Mauricio in the irons…
  • Did our top choice win the first five races in a row, producing payouts of $17.60, $4.40, $17.40, $2.40, and $2.80 and a pick 5 payout of $242.25 on a 50-cent wager? Funny you should ask. Why, yes, yes it did.

RACE 6

6. CenteyaExcellent effort when pressing the pace and just unable to withstand winner in latest in first off the bench; five runners have come out of that one to finish in the triple next
5. Blonde SamaritanDoesn’t win much but has mostly kept better company and flashes occasional good efforts
3. Learning to FlyDrops to better level after even effort

RACE 7

3. ChipotleDecisive winner in latest in race that was the functional equivalent of a first allowance; might be speed of the speed but can press if need be
6. Heard On ThestreetWith some speed signed on this one could sit a good trip a bit off it; just missed in latest versus similar
2. Boy MagicNo idea what this one might do off a nearly-two-year break, but the 2-for-2 record isn’t chopped liver, including a win over subsequent stakes winner Catahoula Moon; demand value

RACE 8

2. AfraidofthebunnyGood try in latest when prevailing in a long duel through testing internal fractions before tiring late; first time in Sullivan barn
3. Expensive CutCould be speed of the speed and might be tough to reel in if allowed to control
7. WaldripFeels like there’s more in there somewhere for a horse who hasn’t quite gone forward yet as a 4yo

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