Whiskey Decision was pounded at the windows, and she made the public look very, very smart in Monday’s $150,000 Christiana Stakes for 3-year-old fillies racing 1 1/8 miles on turf at Delaware Park. The Christiana was one of four stakes on a 10-race program postponed for 48 hours after excessive temperatures forced racing to be abandoned on Saturday. Trained by Arnaud Delacour and ridden by Javier Castellano, Whiskey Decision was 1-5 on the tote when the starter popped the gate, and she found perfect position pressing pacesetter Nay Slayer through fractions of 24.81 and 48.80 over the firm course. Castellano wanted more from his mount after six furlongs in 1:12.92, and they immediately grabbed the lead from an overmatched Nay Slayer. Multiple Grade 3-placed Style Points, who tracked the winner from the second-over position, loomed outside of Whiskey Decision turning into the stretch, but was turned away inside the three-sixteenths pole. Whiskey Decision swapped leads a couple of times in the final furlong but drew off to prevail by 2 3/4 lengths over a late-closing Belle of Rights. Style Points finished another 1 1/2 lengths back in third. She was followed by Mont Saint Michel, Cap Classique, Doesn’thurttoflirt, Parish Lane, Source, and Nay Slayer. :: Get the Inside Track with the FREE DRF Morning Line Email Newsletter. Subscribe now.  A Primera Vista scratched. Whiskey Decision completed the distance in 1:49.23 and returned $2.40 to win in her stakes debut. Foaled in Kentucky, Whiskey Decision is a homebred owned by Fred Hertrich III and John Fielding. The daughter of champion sire Into Mischief failed to meet her reserve twice as a yearling ($230,000 RNA at Keeneland September; $150,000 at Fasig-Tipton October). Whiskey Decision is out of an unplaced half-sister to Grade 3-placed turf router Zinzay from the family of Grade 1 winners Music Note and Musical Chimes. Whiskey Decision finished fourth in her career debut sprinting on Turfway Park’s Tapeta surface on Valentine’s Day, then graduated by 6 1/2 lengths there when stretched out to a mile on March 23. She was an impressive winner of her turf debut, a first-level allowance going 1 1/16 miles at Churchill Downs on May 10. “We’ve always liked her, but we thought she was a bit immature physically and mentally, so we gave her plenty of time to come around,” Delacour told Daily Racing Form earlier this week. “We knew that she would improve with distance.” When asked about future plans during a post-race interview broadcast by Delaware Park, Delacour said, “Big things.” Alapocas Run Veteran trainer Ned Allard has a storied history with the folks at Stonehedge Farm South in Ocala, Fla. “I bought [the late] Gil Campbell his first horse 42 years ago,” Allard told Daily Racing Form earlier this week. “I’ve been a member of the team for a long time.” Campbell’s widow, Marilyn, continues the winning tradition at Stonehedge, and homebred Dean Delivers delivered in the Alapocas Run for 3-year-olds and upward at six furlongs. Ridden by Jaime Rodriguez, Dean Delivers broke best and settled just off favored Super Chow, who was hustled hard by Javier Castellano to set an opening fraction of 22.64 seconds. Dean Delivers never allowed Super Chow a breather, and attacked the chalk in earnest after a half-mile clocking of 46.02. Super Chow had no response and Dean Delivers went about his business to post a 2 1/2-length victory over rail-skimming Prince of Jericho in 1:11.42. Longshot Gordian Knot was another 1 3/4 lengths behind in third. Super Chow, American Monarch, Sir Wellington and slow-starting O’Conner Sunset completed the order of finish. Ninetyprcentmaddie and Seven’s Eleven scratched. :: Bet with the Best! Get FREE All-Access PPs and Weekly Cashback when you wager on DRF Bets. Dean Delivers returned $7.80 as the public’s second choice. The Alapocas Run was Rodriguez’s third winner on the card. A 5-year-old gelding by Cajun Breeze, Dean Delivers is a half-brother to multiple Grade 3-placed dirt performer Zimba Warrior. He made the first 21 starts of his career for trainer Michael Yates and won the Grade 3 Smile Sprint at Gulfstream Park last summer. After finishing off the board in his first two starts this year, Dean Delivers was transferred to Allard’s Delaware barn. “He started to tail off [in Florida],” Allard said. “I thought he needed a little break and maybe cooler temperatures. When he came [to me], he was a little quiet. The cooler weather just completely changed him.” Dean Delivers dominated seven others in his first start for Allard, an eight-length win in Monmouth’s Mr. Prospector over sloppy going on May 27. “I thought he ran a monster race,” Allard said. In a post-race interview broadcast by Delaware Park, Allard mentioned Saratoga’s Grade 1, $350,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap on July 27 as a potential next start. Dean Delivers finished third, beaten 6 1/4 lengths, in last year’s Vanderbilt. Stonehedge, Allard, and Rodriguez teamed up earlier in the day to win a first-level allowance with Sunny Breeze, a 3-year-old Cajun Breeze gelding that is now 2 for 2 in his career. Kent Desvio made it 2 for 2 since trainer Madison Meyers made the equipment change with a game victory in the $150,000 Kent for 3-year-olds at 1 3/8 miles on turf. A temperamental son of Yoshida, Desvio tracked the pace from in between horses as Willy D’s set fractions of 24.81, 50.01, 1:15.06 and 1:39.24 while pressured by favored Spirit Prince and a three-wide Villain. Spirit Prince emerged with a short lead at the quarter pole and drifted out briefly in upper stretch, but Desvio was undaunted, and he fought to the wire three-quarters of a length better than Nomos, who sat in the pocket before turning in a rail rally. Sprit Prince was a head behind Nomos in third. El Matador finished fourth and was followed by Frontline Warrior, St James the Great, Willy D’s, Fort Thomas, and Villain. Triple Espresso was pulled up entering the second turn and vanned off the track. Domingo unseated jockey Trevor McCarthy leaving the gate and walked off after being corraled by the outrider. Desvio, the fifth choice in the wagering, returned $20.20 to win, and survived a claim of foul lodged by El Matador’s rider, Ramon Vazquez, for alleged interference in the stretch. “We’ve always liked the horse,” Meyers said in a post-race interview broadcast by Delaware Park. “He isn’t the easiest to deal with, as you might have seen in the paddock, but when he runs like that, it makes it worth it.” :: Get Daily Racing Form Past Performances – the exclusive home of Beyer Speed Figures Bred in Kentucky by Eliza St. George and Lee Mauberret, Desvio sold for $60,000 as a short yearling in January 2022 before being purchased for $70,000 later in the year. Campaigned by Stonelea Stable and Bonnie Rye Stable, Desvio’s second dam is Grade 1 winner Marylebone. Desvio graduated in his third lifetime start while making his seasonal debut in a mile race on dirt at Laurel Park on Feb. 11. After finishing unplaced in two more dirt efforts, Meyers returned Desvio to turf, and the gelding upset a first-level allowance at 38-1 odds at Pimlico over soft turf on May 18. “The fact that he won on softer ground there at Pimlico made me even more confident that he would be able to get [1 3/8 miles],” Meyers said. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.