Page 34 - Colonial Downs News Today

On Saturday's card, J.D. will spotlight a colt in Race 8, the one-mile Kentucky Downs Juvenile Turf Stakes, who showed a lot in his debut earlier this summer at Ellis Park, even if it wasn't a winning effort.

Next week ends the fourth season of thoroughbred horse racing at the New Kent County venue since the track was revitalized and re-opened in 2019.

A field of 11 3-year-old turf horses were entered in the 19th running of the Grade 3 $300,000 New Kent County Virginia Derby, the pinnacle of a stakes-laden card at Colonial Downs in New Kent, Va., on Tuesday, Sept. 6.

Coming from off the pace under Bernie Dalton, Atlantic Friends Racing's Theocrat rallied through the stretch and repelled a challenge from Upland Flats Racing's Freddy Flintshire to narrowly take the seventh and final steeplechase race at the Spa for the season.

Horse went off at 12-1 before coming home a winner.

An Arindel homebred, Lynx is coming off a victory in the $100,000 Desert Vixen, giving the undefeated daughter of Brethren at least a chance to sweep the fillies division of the Florida Sire Stakes series.

Another successful Colonial Downs race meet will culminate on Virginia Derby Day, highlighted by a dedication to the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA).

Stonestreet Stables’ Love Reigns provided trainer Wesley Ward with a record extending fifth victory in Sunday’s eighth renewal of the $150,000 Bolton Landing, a 5 1/2-furlong Mellon turf sprint for juvenile fillies, at Saratoga Race Course.

The centerpiece of the summer steeplechase season at Colonial Downs in New Kent, Va., takes place Monday with the running of the $100,000 Randolph D. Rouse hurdle stakes for fillies and mares at 2 ¼ miles.

Rudy Sanchez-Salomon edged Claudio Gonzalez by one win, 19-18, to earn his first career training title at Laurel Park