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 Saturday, October 30, 2010

  Belmont Park, Race 4, Msw, 62,000, 2yo, f, 1m, 1:37 3/5, ft

  Royal Delta, F, 2, by Empire Maker

1st Dam: Delta Princess (MGSW, $740,918), by A.P. Indy

2nd Dam: Lyphard's Delta, by Lyphard

3rd Dam: Proud Delta, by Delta Judge

Royal Delta had put together a solid series of morning drills, but, hailing from the patient Bill Mott barn, went postward at 7-1. Unhurried in the early stages, the dark bay made her way forward heading into the turn, only to find herself stuck behind a wall of horses. Jockey Jose Lezcano took a big hold of her, and the pair found a seam to the outside. Finally swinging five wide while on her wrong lead, Royal Delta dispensed with her rivals in a matter of strides and, with her low head carriage, galloped off into the sunset, scoring by 12 lengths under a motionless Lezcano. She is the second foal from the talented turfer Delta Princess, who in turn is a full-sister to Grade I winner Indy Five Hundred and a 3/4-sister to recent Group 1 winner Biondetti (Bernardini), who is slated to represent Godolphin next week at the Breeders' Cup. Delta Princess has a yearling Empire Maker colt and a Street Sense weanling filly, and was bred to Smart Strike this past spring. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $37,200.

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O: Saud bin Khaled | B: Palides Investments NV Inc (KY) | T: William I Mott