- Lazy Lane Farm’s Edgewater tops a field of ten entered in the mile and an eighth $75,000 DTHA Governors Day Stakes at Delaware Park this Saturday. The race for 3-year-olds and upward is restricted to horses who have started at Delaware Park this year (stake races excluded).

In his last outing, the 4-year-old son of Lion Heart ran second beaten 2-lengths in the mile and a sixteenth $100,000 R.R.M. Carpenter Jr. Memorial Stakes at Delaware Park on July 17. Previously, the Kentucky-bred conditioned by Rodney Jenkins recorded a length victory in a mile and a sixteenth allowance at Delaware Park on June 21. This year, his record is two wins and two seconds from six starts with earnings of $73,160. His career record is four wins and three thirds from ten starts with earnings of $110,120.

Cottonwood Stable’s Doc’s Friend has the potential to record the upset. In his last outing, the 4-year-old son of Friend’s Lake ran second in a mile and seventy yard allowance at Delaware Park on July 15. On June 21, the Kentucky-bred conditioned by Cindy Jones ran fourth beaten 4 ¾-lengths to Edgewater in a mile and a sixteenth allowance at Delaware Park. He is winless this year from five starts. He sports a career record of three wins, four seconds and three thirds from 19 starts with earnings of $128,374.

“Terry (Thompson) said his last race was the best he has had since he has been here, so we are hoping Doc’s Friend is moving in the right direction,” said trainer Cindy Jones. “He is coming into the race a fresh horse because we have not been able to get him in races, so he is fresh and I think we got him ready.”