When Eric Foster’s teenage daughter Emmy christened one of the family’s homebred filly trotters Emmys Mayflower, Foster was not a fan of the name.
“I told her I wish she named her something besides that,” Foster said with a laugh. “I didn’t think that was a very good racehorse name, a winning name. I said, that’s not going to be a good horse.
“She said, you just wait and see.”
Emmys Mayflower, by Anders Bluestone out of Stirling Charisma, was born May 1, 2017. Emmy Foster’s 15th birthday was a day later. And in the ensuing time, the filly has rewarded Emmy’s convictions, almost as if a gift. She heads to Thursday’s $100,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) final for three-year-old trotting fillies at Dover Downs with eight wins in 13 starts and $128,224 in earnings.
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