Wilmington, Del., October 3, 2026 — AJ Will Win Stables’ Barbadian Runner went over $1 million in career earnings with his victory in the $200,000 Battery Park Stakes at Delaware Park today.
With Forest Boyce aboard, the 4-year-old son of Barbados won by 3/4-lengths and returned $3.00 as the favorite in the field of five. The Maryland-bred trained by Henry Walters covered the mile and an eighth in 1:53.83 over a muddy track. Cooke Creek, with Jose Batista, cut early fractions of :48.90 for the half-mile and 1:12.89 for the three-quarter miles before finishing second. It was another 2 ¾-lengths farther back to Cool Intentions, with Daniel Centeno, in third.
Trainer Henry Walters was happy to get him over the $1 million mark.
“He has been on the cusp of it for the last couple of races, so I am glad he got it done,” said winning trainer Henry Walters. “I was nervous. They were strung out pretty good and I was just hoping he would kick it in and he did. He recovers pretty quickly, so we will point for his next start to be Laurel in a few weeks.”
Barbadian Runner raised his career record to ten wins from 26 starts with earnings of $1,100,280.
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