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Virginia Derby
02
Sep
  • Colonial Downs
  • Hamilton Smith
  • Horacio Karamanos
  • Joe Rocco Jr.
  • John Marshall
  • Lynn Ashby
  • Virginia horse racing

At Colonial Downs, successes both fresh and familiar

  • Frank Vespe / 4 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

The return of live racing to Colonial Downs after a challenging 2020 meet went better than just about anyone could have hoped.

Virginia Derby
31
Aug
  • Colonial Downs
  • Graham Motion
  • Jose Ortiz
  • Virginia Derby
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Wootton Asset

“Honest” Wootton Asset seizes Virginia Derby win

  • Frank Vespe / 4 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

Wootton Asset finally caught the optimum conditions Tuesday and parlayed them into a win in the Grade 3 Virginia Derby.

Notapradaprice
31
Aug
  • Parx Racing
  • Pennsylvania horse racing

Parx picks and horses to watch: August 31

  • Frank Vespe / 4 years
  • 2
  • 3 min read

We’ve got Parx Racing picks today as the track presents another midweek card!

Street Lute
27
Aug
  • Charles Town Oaks
  • Charles Town Races
  • Jerry Robb
  • Street Lute
  • West Virginia horse racing

Robb, Street Lute taking swing in CT Oaks

  • Frank Vespe / 4 years
  • 2
  • 3 min read

With star filly Street Lute thriving, trainer Jerry Robb uncharacteristically passed up an easy spot with her to await the G3 Charles Town Oaks.

Timonium
26
Aug
  • Bill Marlow
  • Bill Reightler
  • Gerry Brewster
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland State Fair
  • Timonium
  • Timonium Juvenile S.

Optimism in the air as Timonium meet to kick off

  • Frank Vespe / 4 years
  • 3
  • 5 min read

The 2021 Timonium meet – back after a one-year Covid-spurred hiatus – sees some changes that organizers hope will spur growth.

Don't Call Me Mary
24
Aug
  • Chub Wagon
  • Don't Call Me Mary
  • Dr. Teresa Garofalo Memorial S.
  • Parx Racing
  • Pennsylvania horse racing
  • Pennsylvania's Day at the Races

Chub Wagon upset in Garofalo Memorial

  • Frank Vespe / 4 years
  • 2
  • 3 min read

Chub Wagon lost for the first time in nine career starts Monday, when she was upset as the 2-5 favorite in a stake on Pennsylvania’s Day at the Races.

Just Might
23
Aug
  • Chesapeake S.
  • Colonial Downs
  • Cordmaker
  • Just Might
  • Love Sign S.
  • Michelle Lovell
  • Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred Championships (MATCH series)
  • Mucho
  • Seeking the Pearl S.
  • Victory Gallop S.
  • Virginia horse racing

Colonial track records fall in MATCH Series stakes

  • Frank Vespe / 4 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

All five dirt races run Monday at Colonial Downs – including four MATCH Series stakes – produced track records for the distance.

Notapradaprice
23
Aug
  • Parx Racing
  • Pennsylvania horse racing

Parx picks and horses to watch: August 23

  • Frank Vespe / 4 years
  • 2
  • 3 min read

We’ve got Parx Racing picks today as the track presents another midweek card!

Frank's Rockette
22
Aug
  • Bill Mott
  • Colonial Downs
  • Frank's Rockette
  • Love Sign S.
  • Paris Lights
  • Seeking the Pearl S.
  • South Bend
  • Victory Gallop S.
  • Virginia horse racing

Bill Mott trio pointed to Colonial stakes

  • Frank Vespe / 4 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott hasn’t started a horse at Colonial Downs since 2011, but he’s slated to end that streak with three entered in Monday stakes.

Somekindofmagician
21
Aug
  • Bell Gable Stable
  • Delora Beaver
  • Find S.
  • Gary Contessa
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Pride Day
  • Nick Beaver
  • Pimlico
  • Somekindofmagician

Somekindofmagician casts winning spell in Find

  • Frank Vespe / 4 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

Somekindofmagician won his third consecutive race in Saturday’s Find Stakes, giving owners Bell Gable Stable their first stakes win.

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Under-the-radar Free Like a Girl returns.

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Jock Ben Curtis “wouldn’t swap Magnitude”.

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Local hopeful Zip Start takes aim.

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Two inducted into Md. Thoroughbred Hall.

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Fast start but “something to prove”.

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