Jose Ortiz produced a stalking ride aboard 9-2 choice Honor D Lady to deliver the Grade III US$150 000 Royal Delta Stakes for Barbadian trainer Saffie Joseph Jr at Gulfstream Park over the weekend.Going a mile and sixteenth for the four-year-old and upward fillies and mares, Ortiz raced Honor D Lady just off the duelling pair of Yuki and Libban, before storming to the front on the turn and dominating the stretch run to reach the wire two lengths clear in a time of one minute, 44:74 seconds.Forty two-to-two outsider Soul of an Angel ran second while 3-1 choice Maryquitecontrary finished third, with favourite Tizzy in the Sky trailing in a disappointing fourth.
