Cinco Charlie, Galiana Romp at Delaware Park
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Grade III winner Cinco Charlie and local standout Galiana won two of the four Delaware Certified stakes on Owner's Day at Delaware Park Sept. 13.
Delaware does not have an established Thoroughbred breeding program, so the Delaware Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association and Delaware Park created the Delaware Certified Program, which rewards horses that have been on farms in the state for a specific period of time. Along with the four stakes, owners and certifiers are eligible for purse bonuses throughout the meet at Delaware Park.
William and Corrine Heiligbrodt's Cinco Charlie, trained by Steve Asmussen and ridden by Alex Cintron, easily won the $75,125 First State Dash for 2-year-olds by 4 1/2 lengths over Legal Punch in 1:04.79 for 5 1/2 furlongs on a sealed, sloppy track . The 2-year-old Kentucky-bred Indian Charlie colt, bred by Candyland Farm, won the grade III Bashford Manor Stakes at Churchill Downs in June.
Owner/trainer Rodolfo Romero's New York-bred Galiana, a 4-year-old Stonesider filly, made it 6-for-7 on the Delaware Park dirt with a blowout win in the $75,125 Tax Free Shopping Distaff Stakes for fillies and mares. Galiana, ridden by Michael Ritvo, won by 8 1/2 lengths over Steady N Love in 1:11.03 for six furlongs .
Galiana, bred in New York by John Behrendt and Charles Marquis, won the open Dashing Beauty Stakes at Delaware Park in June.
In the $75,125 Small Wonder Stakes for 2-year-old fillies, owner/breeder The Elkstone Group's Kawfee Fa Marfa won her career debut under Huber Villa-Gomez impressively by 5 3/4 lengths over Wowwhatabrat in 1:06.30 for 5 1/2 furlongs . The Kentucky-bred filly, trained by Rick Violette Jr., is by Hard Spun .
In the $75,250 New Castle Stakes for 3-year-olds and up at six furlongs, John Mentz's Unzapped, ridden by Jevian Toledo for trainer McLean Robertson, rallied from off the pace to win by 1 3/4 lengths over Awesome Devine in 1:10.69 . Unzapped, a 5-year-old by Ghostzapper , was bred in Kentucky by Adena Springs.