Colonial Downs made a major change in its annual calendar and stakes schedule this year by moving the Virginia Derby. Previously a graded stakes race held in September for 3-year-olds on turf, the 1 1/8-mile race was switched to dirt and rescheduled to March as the anchor of a brief boutique meet.
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Pacific Classic Win Moves Fierceness to No. 2 in Breeders’ Cup Power Rankings
Each week a panel of media members, horseplayers, and Breeders’ Cup World Championships officials release a poll tabulating their votes on the nation's top contenders for the 2025 Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic. The rankings are a weekly rating of the top 10 horses in contention and are determined by each voter ranking their top 10 horses with points assigned on a descending 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
Buy or Sell on Road to Breeders’ Cup: Hopeful Stakes Winner Ted Noffey
Promising 2-year-olds emerge every summer at Saratoga Race Course and Ted Noffey delivered a pair of special efforts at the meet, saving the best for last with an 8 ½-length romp in the $300,000 Spendthrift Farm Hopeful Stakes on the Sept. 1 closing day card.
Trainer Miguel Clement, with ‘a Village Behind Him,’ Carries On Late Father’s Success
Racing’s incessant demands did not allow the family adequate time to grieve following the May 25 death of trainer Christophe Clement, a Hall of Fame finalist. His loved ones instead found the best way to honor his memory – by banding together to continue his decades of success.
