$1.4 million yearling Regent’s Park sharp in winning career debut Monday at Monmouth Park

By Tom Luicci —-

$1.4 MILLION YEARLING REGENT’S PARK SHARP IN CAREER DEBUT

OCEANPORT, N.J. – It wasn’t long after Regent’s Park lived up to both his price tag and advance billing in his career debut with 3¼-length win Monday at Monmouth Park that trainer Jorge Delgado announced the next stop for the $1.4 million yearling.

It’s on to the Grade 3 Sanford Stakes at Saratoga on July 4.

“This was not the destination today. This was just the first step,” said Delgado.

The Kentucky-bred son of Bolt d’Oro-Spark by Speightstown, owned by Amo Racing USA, pretty much toyed with his three other 2-year-old rivals, covering the 4½-furlong Maiden Special Weight sprint in :52.59 over a sloppy track.

Audible Johnny was second, 2¾ lengths better than Regent’s Park’s stablemate Tipsy Mojo.

“This is what we needed. We weren’t looking to break the track record today,” said Delgado, Monmouth Park’s leading trainer a year ago. “We’re looking to breeze him four or five more times now to get him more fitness for the Sanford Stakes.”

Ridden by Paco Lopez, Regent’s Park broke in front from the post position one, cruising through early fractions of :23.30 and :45.45. He was bet down to 1-5.

“He was a little green, looking around a lot, but you expect them to be looking around when they’re babies and racing for the first time,” said Lopez. “You can tell he has a lot of talent. He’s not going to have any trouble going longer. He’s really not a sprinter. Longer will be better for him.”

Delgado said he was generally pleased with how his expensive colt comported himself for his first start.

“He was professional in the post parade. He was very professional in the paddock,” said Delgado. “During the race he was looking around a little bit. Paco told me he has a ton of room to improve. That’s encouraging.”

Sold at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga August Sale in 2025 for that hefty price tag, Regent’s Park will remain at his Monmouth Park base until he eventually heads to Saratoga.

Delgado said he was not worried about the sloppy going because “there is nothing we can do about it.”

“Sometimes the conditions are perfect and bad things happen and then you have a track like this where nothing bad happens,” he said. “Overall, I’m very pleased with the way things went today.”