Five is enough for Irad Ortiz on Virginia Derby day
Jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. won five races and swept the Virginia Derby and Virginia Oaks – the former aboard $2 million yearling Capensis – Tuesday at Colonial Downs.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Sep 6, 2022 | Breaking, Racing, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 1 |
Jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. won five races and swept the Virginia Derby and Virginia Oaks – the former aboard $2 million yearling Capensis – Tuesday at Colonial Downs.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Sep 6, 2022 | Breaking, Racing, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |
Trainer Graham Motion has mounted an unusual streak — three consecutive Virginia Derby wins in two states over five seasons — he hopes to continue today.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Sep 5, 2022 | Breaking, Features, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |
Colonial Downs track announcer Jason Beem will call his third Virginia Derby Tuesday and says of big race nerves, “The waiting is the hardest part.”
Read Moreby Press Release | Sep 2, 2022 | Breaking, Racing, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |
The Chad Brown-trained Unanimous Consent has been installed as the 3-1 morning line favorite in an 11-horse field for Colonial’s big event.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Jan 7, 2022 | Breaking, Racing, Regionwide | 0 |
Completing our 2021 wrapup, we remember some of the most important, exciting and memorable Mid-Atlantic races of 2021.
Read MoreCorrespondent Nick Hahn weighs in with his top 10 stories that mattered to Virginia racing and Colonial Downs in 2021.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Aug 31, 2021 | Breaking, Racing, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |
Wootton Asset finally caught the optimum conditions Tuesday and parlayed them into a win in the Grade 3 Virginia Derby.
Read Moreby The Biz | Aug 31, 2021 | Breaking, Handicapping, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |
We dig into today’s five stakes on Virginia Derby Day at Colonial Downs, with horse-by-horse analysis and Virginia Derby picks.
Read Moreby Nick Hahn | Aug 30, 2021 | Breaking, Racing, Top Stories, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |
Tuesday’s Virginia Derby represents, for different reasons, a kind of homecoming for three trainers – and among the most intriguing runnings of this race.
Read Moreby The Biz | Sep 3, 2019 | Breaking, Features, Top Stories, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |
The powerful barns of Graham Motion and Michael Stidham squared off on Virginia Derby night, winning three each, while firster Four Wheel Drive dazzled.
Read Moreby Press Release | Sep 1, 2019 | Breaking, Racing, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |
On Colonial’s big night, English Bee was a narrow winner of the Grade 3 Virginia Derby, while Carnival Colors took the Virginia Oaks.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Aug 31, 2019 | Breaking, Racing, Top Stories, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |
We break down today’s Virginia Derby by the numbers, from 0.60 all the way up to 104. What do they mean? Read on…
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