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.
Trainer Mike Trombetta, hoping to defend his Colonial Downs training title, will send out six in Virginia restricted stakes Saturday.
With the area under a heat advisory for Wednesday, August 28, Delaware Park will advance its post times by one hour.
The Grey Wizard made it two straight when he romped home best in the Cape Henlopen Stakes at Delaware Park Wednesday.