Hall Monitor steps up into stakes company in Cape Henlopen

Purpura Racing’s Hall Monitor will be testing stakes company for the first time when he faces nine rivals in the mile and a half $200,000 Cape Henlopen Stakes over the Delaware Park turf course this Saturday.

Since trainer Blake Kelly claimed the son of Karakonite at Delaware Park on August 28, he has steadily improved. In his most recent, the Kentucky-bred won a mile and a half turf allowance at Keeneland on April 22. Previously, he was third in a mile and a half turf allowance at Gulfstream Park on March 7.

“When I claimed him for $35,000 at Delaware last year, I thought he was a mile and a half horse,” said trainer Blake Kelly. “I thought we were going to see his potential develop as he got older. After he ran a really good third in a tough allowance at Gulfstream, I mapped out his last race at Keeneland and then this stake. He is coming into this race phenomenally. I could not be happier. He looks great and he is training well. He has done everything we wanted him to do to give him this opportunity. It is definitely a step up. There is no question about that. But he deserves this opportunity. Since we have had him, he has gotten better with each race.”

Hall Monitor has a career record of three wins, a second and two thirds from 12 starts with earnings of $120,160.

$200,000 Cape Henlopen Stakes

For 3-year-olds & upward

at a mile and a half (Turf)