Late Frost turned a perfect trip under Angel Cruz into victory in Saturday’s Shine Again Stakes at the Big T.
Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith had quite a visit to Charles Town that included a gate scratch, a last-place finish, and a win in the G2 Charles Town Oaks.
A pair of Maryland-bred stakes were off the turf Sunday, which was just fine for Riccio, who dominated his rivals in the $75,000 Find Stakes.
Two-year-olds Re Markably and Caprice lived up to their odds and histories in posting impressive scores in a pair of Delaware certified stakes Wednesday.
The classy Nations Pride lived up to his advance billing with a flashy score in Sunday’s Grade 1 Arlington Million to top Colonial Downs’s biggest day.
The Colonial Downs dirt course was lightning fast Sunday, which played to the strengths of a pair of stakes winners in Arlington Million undercard races.
Colonial Downs will expand its footprint to include a spring meet in 2025, with the meet anchored by a Virginia Derby 2.0 worth 50 Kentucky Derby points.
Maryland-bred Fulmineo, cross-entered in the G2 Secretariat and G1 Saratoga Derby, will head north to the Spa, trained Arnaud Delacour said.
Graham Motion will saddle one runner in each Colonial Downs graded stake Sunday: Trikari, Mission of Joy, and Highland Chief.
Determined Kingdom is better now at five than ever before, and Sunday’s Van Clief at Colonial Downs could point a new way forward.