Wilmington, Del., September 11, 2024 — Eagle Up Stables, London Reid Thoroughbreds and Non Stop Stable’s It’s Hammertime posted an impressive win in the in the Delaware bred or certified $100,125 First State Dash at Delaware Park today.
With Julio Hernandez aboard, the 2-year-old son of Vekoma, won by 5-lengths and returned $5.80 as the second choice in the field of six. The Maryland-bred conditioned by Gary Capuano covered the six furlongs in 1:12.24 over a fast-main track after cutting early fractions of :23.39 for the quarter mile and :47.53 for the half mile. The even-money favorite Re Markably, with John Hiraldo, finished second. It was another 2 ¾ -lengths farther back to Kerness K, with Jaime Rodriguez, in third.
In his first career outing, It’s Hammertime broke his maiden by 8-lengths at Delaware Park going five furlongs on June 5. He now has two career wins from as many starts.
“He is a nice horse and a real pleasure to have in the barn,” said winning trainer Gary Capuano. “We have always been high on him, but we got more excited after the way he broke his maiden here. He beat a real nice horse in Re Markably today, so we are excited to see where he can take us. I am not sure where we are going to go next. We are just going to enjoy this one for a little while. We do have a lot of options which is nice.”
For more information about the Delaware bred or certified program, visit https://www.dtha.com/dctp/.
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