Several Midlantic-bred horses are slated to tackle undercard stakes on Kentucky Derby day. Here’s the scoop.
In the first Top Midlantic-bred Poll of 2025, Pennsylvania-bred Simply Joking (3yo) and Maryland-bred Quint’s Brew (older) are atop the list.
Determined Kingdom, now past $700,000 in career earnings, has been named Virginia-bred Horse of the Year after winning two stakes in ’24.
On the strength of the biggest-ever win by a Virginia-bred at Colonial Downs, Gigante has been named state-bred Horse of the Year.
In the first Top Midlantic-bred Poll of 2024, New Jersey-bred Book’em Danno and Pennsylvania-bred I’m Very Busy lead among sophs and older horses.
Pennsylvania-bred Angel of Empire was named the Top Midlantic-bred of 2023 after a campaign that saw him win the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby.
A brand-new Top Midlantic-bred Poll is out, and the top three, as well as four of the top seven, are Pennsylvania-breds.
Virginia-bred Secretariat Stakes winner Gigante is the product of multiple generations of Bill and Ann Backer’s breeding operation over more than 30 years.
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.