Category: Bylined Race Preview

Four Virginia Derby day questions

by Frank Vespe | Sep 7, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Race Preview, Racing, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |

Big fields and good betting opportunities abound on Virginia Derby day at Colonial Downs. Here are four questions (and some price plays).

Nick’s Notes: Virginia champions day at Colonial Downs

by Nick Hahn | Aug 31, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Race Preview, Racing, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |

Saturday’s card at Colonial Downs includes five Virginia restricted stakes or handicaps. Nick Hahn checks ’em out.

Runco takes aim at CT Classic with Coastal Mission

by Ted Black | Aug 21, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Race Preview, Racing, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |

Coastal Mission, second in back-to-back graded stakes, will take his biggest swing yet when the Jeff Runco trainee runs in Friday’s Charles Town Classic.

Md-bred Fulmineo headed to Saratoga Derby

by Frank Vespe | Aug 9, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Race Preview, Maryland, MD Breeding, Racing | 0 |

Maryland-bred Fulmineo, cross-entered in the G2 Secretariat and G1 Saratoga Derby, will head north to the Spa, trained Arnaud Delacour said.

Trikari, Mission of Joy, Highland Chief give Motion solid trio

by Frank Vespe | Aug 9, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Race Preview, Racing, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |

Graham Motion will saddle one runner in each Colonial Downs graded stake Sunday: Trikari, Mission of Joy, and Highland Chief.

Van Clief to be “a barometer” for Determined Kingdom

by Frank Vespe | Aug 9, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Race Preview, Racing, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |

Determined Kingdom is better now at five than ever before, and Sunday’s Van Clief at Colonial Downs could point a new way forward.

Dean Delivers looks for hat trick in De Francis Dash

by Frank Vespe | Jul 26, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Race Preview, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing | 0 |

The cooler Midlantic weather has helped Dean Delivers shake off the Florida doldrums, and he arrives for Laurel’s De Francis Dash with two straight wins.

Direct the Cat likely a handful in Sylvia Bishop Memorial

by Frank Vespe | Jul 26, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Race Preview, Racing, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |

Direct the Cat, with six straight wins by a combined total of nearly 60 lengths, should be tough in Saturday’s Sylvia Bishop Memorial at Charles Town.