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Thirty Thou Kelvin
13
Sep
  • Colonial Cup
  • Colonial Downs
  • Integration
  • Jorge Ruiz
  • Kendrick Carmouche
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  • Trevor McCarthy
  • Virginia Derby
  • Virginia horse racing
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For McCarthy, Carmouche, big Colonial wins feel like home

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 3
  • 4 min read

For veteran, New York-based riders Trevor McCarthy and Kendrick Carmouche, Saturday’s stakes-laden card at Colonial Downs felt like coming home.

Integration
11
Sep
  • Charles Town
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  • Delaware horse racing
  • Delaware Park
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  • Monmouth Park
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Mid-Atlantic Three Stars: September 11

  • John Piassek / 2 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

Your five-minute read to catch up on all the Mid-Atlantic racing action you may have missed over the weekend…

Integration
09
Sep
  • Integration
  • Kendrick Carmouche
  • No Nay Mets
  • Rosie's S.
  • Virginia Derby
  • Virginia horse racing

Integration puts it all together in Virginia Derby win

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

On a day when storms caused a mid-card delay, a pair of super-promising colts posted impressive wins, including Integration in the G3 Virginia Derby.

Gigante
08
Sep
  • Colonial Downs
  • Dataman
  • Graham Motion
  • Jill Byrne
  • Program Trading
  • Virginia Derby
  • Virginia horse racing

Rugged Virginia Derby field shows game plan paying off

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 2
  • 6 min read

Previewing the Virginia Derby, a Grade 3 race that’s attracted Grade 1 and Grade 2 winners and demonstrates a plan coming to fruition.

Chambeau
05
Sep
  • Chambeau
  • Colonial Downs
  • Determined Kingdom
  • Horacio Karamanos
  • Phil Schoenthal
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Wesley Ho

Chambeau, Determined Kingdom star in Colonial stakes

  • The Biz / 2 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

Chambeau and Determined Kingdom both won Saturday stakes at Colonial Downs, and for each it was the second stakes win of the 2023 meet.

05
Sep
  • Charles Town
  • Colonial Downs
  • Delaware horse racing
  • Delaware Park
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  • Monmouth Park
  • New Jersey horse racing
  • Parx Racing
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  • Timonium
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Mid-Atlantic Three Stars: September 5

  • John Piassek / 2 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

Your five-minute read to catch up on all the Mid-Atlantic racing action you may have missed over the weekend…

Will I Play
31
Aug
  • Colonial Downs
  • Gavin Ashton
  • Karen Dennehey Godsey
  • Virginia horse racing

No looking back for chef-turned-jockey Gavin Ashton

  • Nick Hahn / 2 years
  • 2
  • 11 min read

Former chef and footballer Gavin Ashton never rode a horse until he was 20. Now a jockey, he’s opening eyes at Colonial Downs and making up for lost time.

Skippylongstocking
28
Aug
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  • Colonial Downs
  • Delaware horse racing
  • Delaware Park
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  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Monmouth Park
  • New Jersey horse racing
  • Parx Racing
  • Pennsylvania horse racing
  • Timonium
  • Virginia horse racing
  • West Virginia horse racing

Mid-Atlantic Three Stars: August 28

  • John Piassek / 2 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

Your five-minute read to catch up on all the Mid-Atlantic racing action you may have missed over the weekend…

22
Aug
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  • Delaware Park
  • Laurel Park
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Mid-Atlantic Three Stars: August 22

  • John Piassek / 2 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

Your five-minute read to catch up on all the Mid-Atlantic racing action you may have missed over the weekend…

Gigante
15
Aug
  • Ann Backer
  • Gigante
  • Gillian Gordon-Moore
  • Hunter Lee Marek
  • Javier Castellano
  • Secretariat S.
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Wayne Chatfield-Taylor
  • William Backer

Gigante carries on Backer breeding legacy

  • Nick Hahn / 2 years
  • 3
  • 9 min read

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.

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