$1.4 million Regent’s Park set for Monmouth Park debut in juvenile opener

$1.4 million colt Regent’s Park will get his first scoreboard chance in Monmouth Park’s opening juvenile race, a 4 1/2-furlong maiden special weight that will test whether sale-ring heat can turn into afternoon speed.

The Kentucky-bred son of Bolt d’Oro out of the Speightstown mare Spark is scheduled to debut May 25 for trainer Jorge Delgado and Amo Racing USA, with Paco Lopez named to ride. Delgado has 19 2-year-olds stabled at the Jersey Shore track this summer, and Regent’s Park is the most expensive of the group. For a barn trying to repeat after Delgado captured his first Monmouth training title last year, edging Chad Brown, the colt arrives with more scrutiny than most first-time starters.

Monmouth’s 2026 season opened May 9 and the meet is built around 50 days and 36 stakes races worth $5.85 million, so the opening juvenile race is more than a routine maiden. It is the first 2-year-old action of the year at the track, the kind of early test that can reveal whether a horse belongs in the summer’s bigger conversations. Regent’s Park’s profile fits that frame. He was bought last August at Fasig-Tipton’s Saratoga Sale, the 104th edition of a catalog that offered 222 selected yearlings, and his seven-figure price tag instantly raised the stakes for a horse still learning the game.

The morning worktab has given Delgado reason to believe the colt is ready. Regent’s Park has had three official works with stablemate Tipsy Mojo, including a bullet from the gate at three furlongs in :36 3/5 on May 16. Tipsy Mojo, a Lea Farms homebred by Mind Control, has been part of the same preparation, giving Delgado a chance to compare the pair and gauge how Regent’s Park handles company, gate pressure and the break. Delgado has described the colt as forward and professional, and that matters in a sprint where early position can decide whether a debut is a launch pad or a learning experience.

The pedigree gives the assignment even more weight. Spark has already produced three winners, including Launch, who won the 2024 Any Limit Stakes at Gulfstream Park, and Bolt d’Oro continues to project speed into his juvenile crop, with 110 current 2-year-old foals in the Northern Hemisphere. If Regent’s Park shows that same turn of foot on debut, Monmouth’s opening juvenile race could quickly turn from a first start into the first step toward stakes company.