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Colonial Downs’s leading rider Ben Curtis won’t be in New Kent Saturday. Instead he’ll be piloting Magnitude versus Sovereignty in the Travers.
Virginia-breds held serve, with Winfinity winning Saturday’s Miss Disco at Colonial Downs, a Virginia/Maryland-restricted race.
With more days, bigger purses, and Maryland on hiatus, Colonial Downs, and its horsemen and jockeys, are hoping 2025 is its biggest meet yet.
Colonial Downs will open its stable area for the summer meet June 23, with training to begin June 25, the track announced.
Irish-born jockey Ben Curtis has raced all over the world. This summer he’ll add Colonial Downs to his list.