The queen of Venezuela, Paula C Racing Stable’s Bambera, will be seeking her first victory of the year in the $75,000 George Rosenberger Memorial at Delaware Park this Saturday. Fifteen have been entered in the mile and a sixteenth turf test for fillies and mares that have raced at Delaware Park this year (stake races excluded).

After nearly a four month layoff, the daughter of the leading South American sire Water Poet, finished second beaten a neck in a mile and a sixteenth turf allowance at Delaware Park on August 5.

Earlier this year, the 4-year-old filly trained by Pablo Andrade stumbled badly at the start and was injured while making her stateside debut in the mile and an eighth Grade III Rampart at Gulfstream Park on March 20.

Last year, she compiled a record of 13 wins and a second from 14 starts with earnings of $832,114. She closed her 2009 campaign with a 4 ½-length triumph in the mile and an eighth $290,000 Grade I Clasico del Caribe at Hippodromo Camarero in San Juan, Puerto Rico. While racing at La Rinconda in Venezuela, she posted nine Grade I victories, defeated older horses four times, and beat the boys 12 times from 17 starts. She won the filly Triple Crown in Venezuela and won two of three races that make up the Venezuelan Triple Crown for male horses. She was voted 2009 Venezuelan Horse of the Year. She has a career record of 16 wins and two seconds from 20 starts with earnings of $931,564.

“She really needed her last race,” said trainer Pablo Andrade. “We are expecting her to run really well this Saturday. We think she will improve off of her last race and we are looking forward to the race on Saturday.”

Cindy and J. Larry Jones’ Haven’s Honey put it all together to win her first race of the year in her most recent. On August 17, the 5-year-old daughter of E. Dubai notched a head victory in a mile and seventy yard allowance at Delaware Park. Previously, the Kentucky-bred conditioned by Cindy Jones finished third in a mile and seventy yard allowance on July 26. She has a career record of six wins, four seconds and four thirds from 20 starts with earnings of $210,854. Her career record on the grass is two seconds and a third from four starts.

Although winless on the grass, her trainer Cindy Jones is expecting a top performance.

“She won her last race and she is doing really well,” said trainer Cindy Jones. “She has run on the turf and she has done well. It does not matter turf or dirt. We think she may like the dirt a little better, but she really is a competitive mare and she can run well on both. And if it rains, she likes the off going as well. She is just a little hard knocking mare. When she has to go seven or eight wide, she loses so much ground, but those little legs are just a scrambling. In her last, she just had a perfect trip coming up on the rail to save ground. That was a pretty good field and we think she beat a nice group that day.”