Re Markably dominated the Dover last month at Delaware Park and aims for a sweep of 2yo Del certified races in the Sept. 11 First State Dash.
Caprice, undefeated in two starts, will look to make it a hat trick when she faces seven others Sept. 11 in the Del-certified Small Wonder at Delaware Park.
With his third win in two days, jockey Angel Cruz reached the 1,000-win milestone Sunday at Laurel Park.
Style Points and Deep Satin hooked up in an absolute thriller in Saturday’s Virginia Oaks that resulted in a dead heat.
The road to the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks will make stops in New Kent in 2025, when the Virginia Derby and Oaks become points races.
Four stakes supporting the Virginia Derby and Oaks average nearly 11 runners entered, with three topping that number.
Selima winner Brocknardini, Black-Eyed Susan show horse Call Another Play, and a pair from Delaware’s Christiana Stakes face off in the Virginia Oaks.
A dozen runners, headlined by dirt-to-turf runners Deterministic and Grand Mo the First, will tackle Saturday’s Grade 3 Virginia Derby.
Trainer Mike Trombetta and owner-breeder Larry Johnson teamed up to win two Virginia restricted stakes August 31 at Colonial Downs.
Darby Development has signed an 85-year lease agreement to take full control of Monmouth Park, with plans for expansion.