Promising Fillies Target Christiana Stakes

The $50,000 turf event for 3-year-olds will be run July 6 at Delaware Park.

Trainers Arnaud Delacour and Graham Motion each entered two in the $50,000 Christiana Stakes, which will offer a look at many promising 3-year-old fillies should the 1 1/16-mile event remain on the turf July 6 at Delaware Park.

Delacour entered Dr. Catherine Wills homebred Involuntary (by City Zip), who won her first two starts before a disqualification from third in the Penn Oaks, and Polivka Equine Holdings, Rick Marcoux, and Dan Kjorsvik's Strong Gale (by Discreetly Mine), a maiden winner on dirt in her last start at Delaware Park. The Christiana attracted a field of 13.

"Both of these fillies are doing very well," Delacour said. "This is a good time to try them versus stakes company. They are both eligible for two-other-than in allowance conditions, but it is tough to run them in that condition because many times they will be facing older horses."

Motion entered Pin Oak Stable's Conscription (by War Front ), who broke her maiden going long on the grass at Pimlico Race Course last time out, and Augustin Stable's It's the Truth, a Yes It's True filly who has won twice on dirt and would make her turf debut in the Christiana.

Entries: Christiana S.

Delaware Park, Wednesday, July 06, 2016, Race 8

STK
About 1 1/16m
Turf
$50,000
3 yo Fillies
4:45 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Leafy Shade (IRE)	Victor R. Carrasco	119	Edward L. Graham	6/1
2	2April Gaze (FL)	Paco Lopez	116	Edward Plesa, Jr.	6/1
3	3Outsider Art (KY)	Andrew Wolfsont	116	Jonathan E. Sheppard	15/1
4	4Miss Inclusive (KY)	Joshua Navarro	116	John C. Servis	12/1
5	5Strong Gale (KY)	Carol Cedeno	116	Arnaud Delacour	20/1
6	6Channel Regatta (KY)	Alex Cintron	119	Hamilton A. Smith	20/1
7	7Dreams to Reality (KY)	Alex Cintron	116	Michael Dilger	12/1
8	8It's the Truth (NJ)	Edgar S. Prado	116	H. Graham Motion	15/1
9	9Involuntary (KY)	Daniel Centeno	119	Arnaud Delacour	12/1
10	10Conscription (KY)	Trevor McCarthy	116	H. Graham Motion	12/1
11	11Gioia Stella (KY)	Kendrick Carmouche	116	Christophe Clement	4/1
12	12Arraign (KY)	Joe Bravo	119	Michael R. Matz	12/1
13	13My Impression (KY)	Jose L. Ortiz	116	Claude R. McGaughey III	3/1