Manny Franco Archives • The Racing Biz

Manny Franco’s magnificent seven

by Nick Hahn | Sep 10, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Features, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 1 |

Jockey Manny Franco’s talents were on full display Saturday at Colonial Downs, as he won seven races and nearly swept the track’s six stakes.

Deterministic rallies to win G3 Virginia Derby

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

Jockey Manny Franco’s sixth win of the day at Colonial Downs came in the Grade 3 Virginia Derby aboard Deterministic, now a graded winner on turf and dirt.

Siesta Key takes Kitten’s Joy thriller

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

Two-year-old Siesta Key found a seam and narrowly won the Kitten’s Joy Stakes Saturday at Colonial Downs in his first try on turf.

Tiz the Law gallops in Travers romp

by Press Release | Aug 9, 2020 | Breaking, Racing, Triple Crown Trail | 0 |

TIZ THE LAW GALLOPS IN TRAVERS ROMP Tiz the Law was much the best in the Travers Stakes at...

Tiz the Law sweeps to Belmont triumph

by Frank Vespe | Jun 20, 2020 | Breaking, Racing, Top Stories, Triple Crown Trail | 0 |

In the strangest of all years for the Triple Crown, Saturday’s running of the Belmont Stakes provided an utterly formful outcome as Tiz the Law romped.

Selima win could have Sharing bound for Breeders’ Cup

by Ted Black | Sep 21, 2019 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing, Top Stories | 0 |

Sharing, a Graham Motion-trained juvenile filly impressed in the Selima and may be Breeders’ Cup-bound, and stablemate Irish Mias took the Laurel Futurity.