The Canadian invader, C. E. C. Farms Milwaukee Appeal will be arriving at Delaware Park from her home base at Woodbine Racetrack late tomorrow afternoon. In her most recent outing, the 4-year-old daughter of Milwaukee Brew finished second beaten a length in the mile and a sixteenth $100,000 Hill N Dale Stakes at Woodbine on June 20. Previously, the Ontario-bred conditioned by Scott Fairlie ran third in the one mile $150,000 Grade II Shuvee Handicap at Belmont Park on May 15. This year, she has a record of a second and a third from two starts.

Milwaukee Appeal could be the most accomplished contender for the Delaware Handicap. She has garnered career earnings of a million plus and last year, she posted a record of two wins, four seconds and two thirds from nine starts including running third beaten a neck in the mile and a quarter Queens Plate at Woodbine and second beaten a nose in the mile and a three-sixteenths Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie, both against the boys, and running second in the mile and a quarter Grade I Alabama Stakes at Saratoga against the girls.

Distance and purse helped convince trainer Scott Fairlie to point her toward the Delaware Handicap

“The distance and the purse are both attractive and the timing,” said trainer Scott Fairlie. “It just made a sense for us. When she did run at a mile and a quarter, she ran ran very credible. The longer she goes the better, a mile and a sixteenth seems to be a bit to short for her, but a mile and an eighth or a mile and a quarter seems to be more to her liking, so the distance is not issue.”

Fairlie does have some concern with the fact that it will be Milwaukee Appeal’s first trip over the track.

“That is always a concern, but I was looking at some of the results from Delaware Park and it seems like the track plays pretty fair,” he said. “It seems like most dirt tracks where you can win on the lead or just off of it. She is a great shipper, so we are not concerned about that. She is doing very well and she came of it her last race very good. I was very happy with the way she came out of that last race here at Woodbine. She has breezed very well since then, so I am quite happy with her and the way she is coming into the Delaware Handicap.”

Milwaukee Brew has a career record is five wins, six seconds and four thirds from 17 starts with earnings of $1,004,401.