In three of Saturday’s four Virginia restricted stakes at Colonial Downs, last year’s winners hope to defend their crowns, including two seeking threepeats.
Monday’s Edward P. Evans Stakes at Colonial Downs will see the event’s last two winners, Largent and Passion Play, square off to kick off the 2022 meet.
What the Beep earned a stakes win at Colonial Downs for the second straight year, while the Todd Pletcher-trained Largent won the Evans.
Defending champ River Deep faces a tough test in Wednesday’s Edward P. Evans Stakes at Colonial Downs, one of three Virginia stakes the next two days.
The Colonial Downs meet,wich kicks off July 27, will feature Virginia-bred and Virginia-sired runners for its opening dates.
It was like old home week as familiar faces thrived in several Virginia-bred stakes Saturday at Colonial Downs.
Glenn Eickhoff, breeder of Evans Stakes winner Sticksstatelydude, got his start with a different horse breed: the Budweiser Clydesdales.
Special Envoy, who dominated Virginia-bred company last year, is favored in Saturday’s Edward Evans Stakes at Laurel Park.
There were a bevy of stakes around the mid-Atlantic this weekend. Here’s who got the money.
Saturday’s Virginia-bred races at Pimlico brought together the past, present, and — perhaps — future of Virginia racing, even if it was in Maryland.