Set the alarm clock early and wake up with Delaware Park’s Pick 4 in mind this Friday, July 31. The action begins shortly after noon on the East Coast or during breakfast time elsewhere. The 2-year-olds will take center stage, with three maiden races in the sequence. It’s a difficult sequence but should be rewarding to those who solve the 50-cent wager.
Delaware Park 1st Race (12:20 p.m. EST)If nothing else, BEFUDDLED could prove just that for handicappers. She is by Bolt D’Oro, the No. 11-ranked 2-year-old sire in 2026, but her dam and the dam’s siblings were winless. The swing factor is in her favor – trainer Anthony Farrior is 12-for-51 with debut MSW runners since 2024. GYPSY LULLABY rallied into photo-finish view in her 4-1/2F debut, then chased two well-meant firsters from top barns and held third at 6F last out. She gets in light-weighted and should be well-suited to 5-1/2F today.
Delaware Park 2nd Race (12:52 p.m. EST)NAZEER was ‘reluctant to load’ but held his own in Maiden Special Weight company. UNIQUENESS adds blinkers after an improved second start for top trainer Jamie Ness. DIMINUTO BURRITO took money but got away slowly against Uniqueness. Several others hail from reliable first-out barns. It’s an ‘ALL’ punch in the second leg of the Pick 4.
Delaware Park 3rd Race (1:24 p.m. EST)MEGAN’S HONOR is 8/2-1-2 with an average 65 Beyer in eight sprints on a fast track this year. He won easily in his only try at the $5,000 level and the 9-year-old was re-claimed by trainer Michael Simone in April. He is the top choice in here but will need a top effort in a field that is a combined 242/43-42-47 with average earnings of $207,814. FLOAT ON won from on and off the pace on muddy tracks in his last two starts at this level, earning a spot on the ticket.
Delaware Park 4th Race (1:54 p.m. EST)The three entrants with bullet gate works this month land a spot on the Pick 4 ticket in what appears a wide-open Maiden Special Weight sprint. BEST DEAL, away last and unhurried to the turn, gathered momentum and finished determinedly while no threat to a pair of 2-to-1 first-time starters. He broke better from the gate in two workouts leading to his debut. He should retain good betting value and the extra half-furlong should help. I GOT STREET SENSE also worked a bullet from the Delaware gate in his final debut prep. His dam, Graceful Ginger (24/6-6-6, $344k), was a multiple stakes-placed sprinter with three wire-to-wire allowance victories. COACH CRISTOBAL’S :48-2/5 work was fastest-of-42 on the July 21 tab. Trainer Michael Catalano Jr. won with three of his last seven first-time starters at 47-1, 5-1 and 5-1 odds.
Suggested 50-Cent Pick 4
DEL 1st Race: 2, 7
DEL 2nd Race: ALL
DEL 3rd Race: 2, 5
DEL 4th Race: 2, 3, 4
Cost for a 50-Cent ticket: $54
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