Delbert Too the First Black-Type Winner for Marking
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Photo: Courtesy of Ruidoso Downs/Jake Rogers
Delbert Too scores a stakes victory in the Rio Grande Senor Thoroughbred Futurity at Ruidoso Downs
Delbert Too became the first black-type winner for freshman sire Marking when he pushed clear in the Aug. 16 Rio Grande Senor Thoroughbred Futurity at Ruidoso Downs.
Owned by B4 Farms, Lee Owens, and Dale Alan Doby, Delbert Too is trained by Todd Fincher and entered the 5 1/2-furlong stakes restricted to New Mexico-bred colts and geldings off a third-place effort in a trial for 2-year-old state-breds.
Racing in fourth under jockey Alfredo Juarez Jr., Delbert Too bided his time behind the leaders through a quarter-mile in :21.88 and a half-mile in :44.63. The gelding moved up to second in the stretch on the outside and then pushed clear to score by three-quarters of a length in 1:04.20 on a fast track.
Bred by Fred Alexander, Delbert Too is out of the Ghostly Moves mare On Stride.
Marking, an 8-year-old son of Bernardini bred by Darley and raced by Godolphin, placed second in the 2015 Malibu Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park in his third start for trainer Kiaran McLaughlin. He raced in Dubai through part of 2016, placing fourth in the Godolphin Mile Sponsored By Meydan Sobha (G2), but upon returning to the U.S. he was unable to get a top-level score, placing fourth in the Mohegan Sun Metropolitan Handicap (G1).
He ended his career with a second in the Belmont Sprint Championship Stakes (G3), a record of three wins and two seconds from eight starts, and earnings of $426,200. Out of dual grade 1 winner Seventh Street, Marking is a half sister to grade 2 winner Lake Avenue.
Marking has stood at A & A Ranch in New Mexico for a fee of $3,500 since he entered stud.