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Chambeau
31
Aug
  • Bert Allen S.
  • Camptown S.
  • Colonial Downs
  • Jamestown S.
  • Meadow Stable S.
  • Nellie Mae Cox S.
  • Virginia horse racing

Nick’s Notes: Virginia champions day at Colonial Downs

  • Nick Hahn / 1 year
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  • 4 min read

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

Sky's Not Falling
29
Aug
  • Bert Allen S.
  • Camptown S.
  • Colonial Downs
  • Jamestown S.
  • Michael Trombetta
  • Nellie Mae Cox S.
  • Virginia horse racing

Colonial Downs: Trombetta could saddle six in Va. stakes

  • Press Release / 1 year
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  • 4 min read

Trainer Mike Trombetta, hoping to defend his Colonial Downs training title, will send out six in Virginia restricted stakes Saturday.

Colonial Downs
27
Aug
  • Bert Allen S.
  • Camptown S.
  • Colonial Downs
  • Jamestown S.
  • Meadow Stable S.
  • Nellie Mae Cox S.
  • Virginia horse racing

Colonial Downs: Big fields set for Virginia stakes

  • The Biz / 1 year
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Four Virginia-restricted stakes on the Saturday card at Colonial Downs have drawn double-digit fields.

Fionnbharr broke her maiden at Laurel Park. Photo by Jim McCue, Maryland Jockey Club.
17
Jul
  • Camptown S.
  • Colonial Downs
  • Edward P. Evans S.
  • Fionnbharr
  • Hansel S.
  • Nellie Mae Cox S.
  • Virginia horse racing
  • White Oak Farm S.

Virginia-breds center stage for Colonial opener

  • Press Release / 5 years
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  • 4 min read

The Colonial Downs meet,wich kicks off July 27, will feature Virginia-bred and Virginia-sired runners for its opening dates.

13
Aug
  • Edward P. Evans S.
  • Forest Boyce
  • Karen Dennehey Godsey
  • M. Tyson Gilpin S.
  • Meadow Stable S.
  • Nellie Mae Cox S.
  • Phil Schoenthal
  • River Deep
  • Sheldon Russell
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Wayne Chatfield-Taylor

Godsey, others in Virginia “excited to get this back”

  • Nick Hahn / 6 years
  • 0
  • 7 min read

It was like old home week as familiar faces thrived in several Virginia-bred stakes Saturday at Colonial Downs.

Queen Caroline
22
Jun
  • Laurel Park
  • Michael Matz
  • Nellie Mae Cox S.
  • Queen Caroline

Queen Caroline looks to defend Nellie Mae Cox title

  • Press Release / 7 years
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  • 4 min read

The Michael Matz-trained Queen Caroline is the favorite to defend her title in the Nellie Mae Cox Stakes Saturday at Laurel Park.

Maritime Pulpit
26
Jun
  • Edward P. Evans S.
  • Jameela S.
  • Jersey Shore S.
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Mister Diz S.
  • Nellie Mae Cox S.
  • Turning for Home S.

Midlantic stakes recap

  • The Biz / 8 years
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  • 4 min read

There were a bevy of stakes around the mid-Atlantic this weekend. Here’s who got the money.

Two Notch Road
29
Jun
  • Amy Moore
  • Edward P. Evans S.
  • Glenn Thompson
  • Nellie Mae Cox S.
  • Pimlico
  • Queen Caroline
  • Rose Brier
  • Two Notch Road
  • Virginia horse racing
  • White Oak Farm S.

Past, present, future of Virginia racing on display — in Maryland

  • Nick Hahn / 9 years
  • 0
  • 7 min read

Saturday’s Virginia-bred races at Pimlico brought together the past, present, and — perhaps — future of Virginia racing, even if it was in Maryland.

14
Jun
  • All Brandy S.
  • Edward P. Evans S.
  • Find S.
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Middleburg
  • Monster Sleeping
  • Nellie Mae Cox S.
  • Phlash Phelps
  • Rose Brier
  • Virginia horse racing
  • White Oak Farm S.

Over 100 nominated to Pimlico closing weekend stakes

  • Press Release / 9 years
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  • 3 min read

Phlash Phelps, Monster Sleeping, and Middleburg are among 122 nominees to Pimlico’s two Maryland-bred and three Virginia-bred stakes closing weekend.

Phlash Phelps
03
Jun
  • All Brandy S.
  • Edward P. Evans S.
  • Find S.
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Nellie Mae Cox S.
  • Pimlico
  • Virginia horse racing
  • White Oak Farm S.

Pimlico’s final day to feature five stakes

  • The Biz / 9 years
  • 0
  • 2 min read

Closing day at Pimlico June 26 will feature three Virginia-bred and two Maryland-bred stakes.

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