Onetime claiming horse Alani registered her first career stakes win Saturday when she rebuffed challenges to win the Love Sign at Colonial Downs.
All five dirt races run Monday at Colonial Downs – including four MATCH Series stakes – produced track records for the distance.
Monday’s Chesapeake Stakes at Colonial Downs tops the MATCH Series slate there, with three of the race’s entrants already having MATCH points.
Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott hasn’t started a horse at Colonial Downs since 2011, but he’s slated to end that streak with three entered in Monday stakes.