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.
Graham Motion will saddle one runner in each Colonial Downs graded stake Sunday: Trikari, Mission of Joy, and Highland Chief.
Fev Rover scored a front-running victory in last year’s Grade 2 Beverly D. at Colonial Downs and returns Sunday with repeat on her mind.
Stellar subsequent efforts by recent Charles Town Oaks winners helped it receive Grade 2 status for 2024, in contrast to several other Midlantic stakes.
The racing gods smiled on Colonial Downs Arlington Million day: The Secretariat statue and a Tweedy were there, and a Va-bred won the G2 Secretariat Stakes.
Colonial Downs will host its first Grade 1 races, including the “win and you’re in” Beverly D., which grants the winner a berth in the Filly and Mare Turf.