LADIES NIGHT
Could
it be more than a coincidence how the field for Saturday's feature, the $50,000
Buckland, was slated? On Ladies Night at
Colonial Downs, Caribbean Lady, Sensible Lady and Lady of Greatness are entered
in the 5 & 1/2 furlong turf sprint, all with solid chances to prevail. Toss in Miss Oil and you have the
"Estrogen Superfecta."
The
Buckland is named for the farm once owned by Thomas Mellon Evans in
Casanova. Edward P. Evans would later
operate the farm as Spring Hill Farm and was the leading Virginia breeder for
nearly a decade. Among Evans homebreds
with Quality Road, who won the Florida Derby and would have been the Kentucky
Derby morning line favorite if a quarter crack didn't force a Triple Crown
scratch days before the Derby. Evans
passed away on New Year's Eve in 2010.
Sheldon Russell is simply cruising in the riding
standings at Colonial with 21 wins, more than double than the Forest Boyce who
is having a good meet with 10 trips to the winner's circle. Ferris Allen leads the trainer tally with 9
wins in the meet ahead of high percentage winning conditioners Hugh McMahan (7 of 14 at CNL) and Jamie Ness
(4 of 11).
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"That was the first time I saw a
horse from a kneeling position!" -Henny Youngman
HORSES AROUND
Before there was Action Andy, there was Baltimore Bob who is on the
grounds at Colonial Downs in
the Garcia shedrow. Baltimore Bob once
set the pace as a huge longshot in Gio Ponti's Virginia Derby in 2008 before
fading to fifth. In 2010, he won the Da
Hoss stakes at Colonial. His last start
was in a Grade 3 at the Fairgrounds in January of this year.
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