Wilmington, Del., September 5, 2024 —After posting a pair of solid performances in her first two career outings, Runnymoore Racing’s Caprice will be looking to remain unbeaten when she faces seven rivals in the $100,000 Small Wonder Stakes this Wednesday at Delaware Park.  The six-furlong stake restricted to Delaware bred or certified 2-year-old fillies is named for a nickname given to Delaware due to its size and contributions it has made to our country as a whole and the beauty of the state.

 

In her first career start, Caprice posted a 13 ¾-length triumph in a five-and-a-half-furlong maiden at Delaware Park on July 20.  The Pennsylvania-bred daughter of Golden Lad trained by Cathal Lynch followed with 2 ½-length score in the five and a half furlong Delaware bred or certified restricted $50,000 Blue Hen Stakes on August 14.

 

“She worked really well since the Blue Hen,” said trainer Cathal Lynch.  “She is still growing and we are really happy with her.  I spoke to Mr. Bentley (Greg, owner of Runnymoore Racing) and Joe Cassidy (racing manager for Runnymoore Racing) and they basically told me, if we are happy, it is a go.  She is just growing like a weed.  They go through these growth spurts so we are just trying to keep up with her and let her develop at her own pace.  She is a very precocious and very forward filly.  Nothing really bothers her and she can race on the lead or she can rate which makes her a much more effective racehorse and easy to train.”

 

Since the Blue hen Stakes became the prep for the Small Wonder Stakes in 2021, there have been two horses to achieve the double.  They were Bound By Destiny in 2022 and Just Great last year.

 

For more information about the Delaware bred or certified program, visit https://www.dtha.com/dctp/.

 

2024 Live Racing Dates – Live racing will be conducted on a Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday weekly format for most of the 2024 meet.  Friday cards will be added to the schedule on the following dates: September 13th, September 20th, September 27th, October 4th and October 11th. Closing day for the live racing season is scheduled for October 17th.  Daily first race post time of 12:30 p.m.

 

$100,000 Small Wonder Stakes

(Restricted to Delaware Bred or Certified)

For  2-year-old fillies

at six furlongs

PP HORSE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY Wg OD
1 Onyx Ten Frank Sample Gary Capuano Kevin Gomez 116 7/2
2 No Need to Ask William Shook Lynn Ashby Carol Cedeno 114 12-1
3 Archeon Tee-N-Jay Farm Timothy Hills Jairo Rendon 114 12-1
4 First Pearl Pocket 3 & Non Stop Gary Capuano Ederik Robles 116 10-1
5 Great Andrei Gene Gould Jr John Robb Xavier Perez 118 6-1
6 Caprice Runnymoore Racing Cathal Lynch Gabriel Maldonado 120 8/5
7 Beautiful Blome Blanford & Haupt Anthony Pecoraro Jaime Rodriguez 116 5-1
8 Atlantis Queen Pocket 3 Racing Gary Capuano JG Torrealba 116 8-1

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