Virginia Racing
Mid-Atlantic three stars: July 14, 2025
Your five-minute read to catch up on racing highlights from around the Mid-Atlantic this past week!
Slam Notion scores in Star de Naskra
Slam Notion became a stakes winner and earned his fourth win overall in Saturday’s Maryland-Virginia restricted Star de Naskra at Colonial.
Winfinity rallies to Miss Disco victory
Virginia-breds held serve, with Winfinity winning Saturday’s Miss Disco at Colonial Downs, a Virginia/Maryland-restricted race.
Nick’s Picks: Colonial Downs picks July 12, 2025
The oldest and best handicapping source for Colonial Downs returns for 2025 — it’s Nick’s Picks, and it’s back!
Nick’s Picks: Colonial Downs picks July 11, 2025
The oldest and best handicapping source for Colonial Downs returns for 2025 — it’s Nick’s Picks, and it’s back!
Barbadian Runner looks to keep it going in Star de Naskra
A well-matched field of nine, including improving three-time stakes winner Barbadian Runner, will contest Colonial’s Star de Naskra.
Colonial: Competitive group to dance in Miss Disco
A field of eight will contest Saturday’s Miss Disco Stakes at Colonial Downs, which is restricted to horses bred or sired in Maryland or Virginia.
Nick’s Picks: Colonial Downs picks July 10, 2025
The oldest and best handicapping source for Colonial Downs returns for 2025 — it’s Nick’s Picks, and it’s back!
Nick’s Picks: Colonial Downs picks July 9, 2025
The oldest and best handicapping source for Colonial Downs returns for 2025 — it’s Nick’s Picks, and it’s back!
Colonial Downs hoping for “best meet yet”
With more days, bigger purses, and Maryland on hiatus, Colonial Downs, and its horsemen and jockeys, are hoping 2025 is its biggest meet yet.
Mid-Atlantic three stars: July 7, 2025
Your five-minute read to catch up on racing highlights from around the Mid-Atlantic this past week!
For jump jock Graham Watters, injuries “just cosmetic”
Jump jockey Graham Watters, medevaced after a bad spill two weeks ago, will be back in action Saturday on Virginia Gold Cup day at Great Meadow.
Derby trail: American Promise has final major move
American Promise, dominant winner of the Virginia Derby, tuned up for the Kentucky Derby with a five-furlong move Saturday at Churchill Downs.
“Pushing our envelope” at Foxfield Races
Long a “second-tier steeplechase,” Foxfield Races has been on the upswing of late, pushing the envelope of what it can be, its organizers say.
Middleburg Spring Races kick off major Va. jump season
Champion Snap Decision looks for his fourth Temple Gwathmey win as the Middleburg Spring Races kick off Virginia’s jump season Saturday.
Well-executed gameplan leads to American Promise win
The way the Virginia Derby unfolded was exactly to the plan mapped out by American Promise’s trainer D. Wayne Lukas.
Derby Trail: Where we stand after Virginia Derby
Where do we stand following on the Derby trail following Saturday’s Virginia Derby? Here’s what we learned.
American Promise dazzles in Virginia Derby
D. Wayne Lukas has himself another Kentucky Derby horse, as the suddenly mature American Promise blitzed the field in the Virginia Derby.
Nick’s Picks: Colonial Downs picks March 15, 2025
The oldest and best handicapping source for Colonial Downs returns for 2025 — it’s Nick’s Picks, and it’s back!
Colonial: Book’em Danno returns a winner in Boston
Grade 1-winning millionaire Book’em Danno kicked off his 4-year-old season with a near-track-record win in the Boston Handicap at Colonial Downs.
