A competitive group of eight three-year-old fillies will sprint seven-eighths of a mile on the Colonial Downs dirt track in Saturday’s $125,000 Miss Disco Stakes, one of the feature events on the first weekend of Colonial’s 2025 meet.
An exceptional group of six fillies and mares is signed up to run in this year’s $500,000, Grade 1 Dunkin’ Diana Stakes Saturday at Saratoga Race Course, led by She Feels Pretty, who is riding a four-race win streak (all in graded stakes), including the Grade 1
Colonial Downs in New Kent, Va., opens its traditional summer season Wednesday after a successful first-time spring boutique meet back in March that provided the late D. Wayne Lukas with the second-to-last stakes win of a legendary career when his colt American Promise won the Virginia Derby.
The Saratoga Race Course summer season attracts the best horses and horsemen, not only from New York but from everywhere. Trainers from many circuits point their best horses to Saratoga, and the competition for winners is stiffer at the Spa than it is anywhere else. And when it comes to the nation’s leading riders, there is no meet in the country that can compete with the quality of the jock’s room at Saratoga. The title of leading rider at Saratoga carries more prestige than anywhere else.
If you are a racing fan and you are not ready for the Saratoga Race Course meet, it might be time to check your pulse because Saratoga is the summer place to be for handicappers and horse racing aficionados. The highly anticipated 40-day Saratoga racing season lasts throughout the heart of the summer starting July 10, running five days a week Wednesdays through Sundays until Labor Day, Sept. 1.
