Gigante carries on Backer breeding legacy
Virginia-bred Secretariat Stakes winner Gigante is the product of multiple generations of Bill and Ann Backer’s breeding operation over more than 30 years.
Read Moreby Nick Hahn | Aug 15, 2023 | Breaking, Breeding, Bylined Other, Virginia, Virginia Breeding, Virginia Racing | 0 |
Virginia-bred Secretariat Stakes winner Gigante is the product of multiple generations of Bill and Ann Backer’s breeding operation over more than 30 years.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Aug 12, 2023 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Features, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |
The racing gods smiled on Colonial Downs Arlington Million day: The Secretariat statue and a Tweedy were there, and a Va-bred won the G2 Secretariat Stakes.
Read Moreby The Biz | Aug 12, 2023 | Breaking, Handicapping, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |
We asked our experts for their picks on Arlington Million day — the biggest day of racing in Virginia’s history.
Read Moreby Nick Hahn | Aug 12, 2023 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |
Nagirroc and Never Explain set Pimlico course records May 20. Repeat efforts would make them winners in the Secretariat and Arlington Million Saturday.
Read Moreby Nick Hahn | Aug 5, 2023 | Breaking, Bylined Other, Opinion, Virginia, Virginia Business | 0 |
The Grand Slam of Grass once connected Colonial Downs and Arlington Park. With the Secretariat Stakes now moved to Colonial, the connection lives on.
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