Determined Kingdom won the Punch Line Stakes for the fourth time as trainer Mike Trombetta won three of Colonial’s four Saturday stakes.
One race after posting a front-running score, Cruise the Nile showed a different dimension Saturday when rallying to win the Henry S. Clark Stakes.
One of these days two-year-old filly Ultimate Love will face a test where she has to dig deep. It wasn’t in today’s Selima Stakes at Laurel, however.
Just Philtored and Doubting Thomas won a pair of 2yo stakes Saturday at Colonial Downs, and both Mike Trombetta trainees remain undefeated.
Upsets were the order of the day Saturday at Colonial Downs, as a pair of 2-5 favorites were defeated in the Brookmeade and Glenn Petty Stakes.
Multiple graded winner Mystic Lake, off at 1-20 in a scratch-softened field, dominated Thursday’s Dashing Beauty Stakes at Delaware Park.
Twice a near-miss second in recent stakes, R Disaster broke through Saturday at Delaware Park with a dominant victory in the Rehoboth.
For veteran, New York-based riders Trevor McCarthy and Kendrick Carmouche, Saturday’s stakes-laden card at Colonial Downs felt like coming home.
Journeyman jockey Jorge Ruiz, who raced at Gulfstream Park over the winter, will make his return to Maryland with three mounts Friday.
Our Delaware Park Handicappers’ Notebook — featuring races and horses to watch, track bias info, jock/trainer of the week, and more – returns for 2021.