After nearly three months of preparation, 2007 Korean Oaks winner Baekpa is set to make her US racing debut at Delaware Park this Saturday. The five year old is entered in race 8, an allowance race for fillies and mares over a mile.

Baekpa [Revere – Grey Crest (Gold Crest)] is among six entries and will have jockey Christopher Van Hassel up. The other five contenders have won 18 races between them so Baekpa is going to have a tough job on her hands when they go to post at 4:24 local time. Here’s a full list of the runners, race records (Runs/1st/2nd/3rd) and riders:

Allowance Race – Delaware Park – June 13, 2009, 1 M, 70 Y – 4:24pm

1. Tammy’s Victress – (21/4/5/6) – J C Caraballo
2. Populist – (8/3/1/1) – T. Maragh
3. Ma. Rainey – (10/4/1/0) – C L Potts
4. High Hill – (15/4/0/2) – J Rocco, Jr.
5. Baekpa (KOR) – (22/8/5/2) – C VanHassel
6. Picker – (11/3/3/2) – L Garcia

Baekpa hasn’t run since her fifth placed finish in the Grand Prix last December. Although workouts have been promising, expectations are modest and after the chastening experience of Pick Me Up in the US last year, simply being in touch with the field at the end will be considered an achievement.