Indian Lake, Experienced Battle Again in Virginia Derby

The top three finishers from the July 24 Bald Eagle Derby at Pimlico Race Course will again duke it out in the $250,000 New Kent County Virginia Derby (G3T) Aug. 31 at Colonial Downs.

The Virginia Derby highlights an 11-race card that also features the Woodford Reserve Virginia Oaks and three other turf stakes. Carded as Race 10, it will be the final leg of Colonial's All-Stakes, All-Turf Pick-5 wager Tuesday.

Gap View Stables and Jagger's Indian Lake  was a front-running three-quarter-length winner of the 1 1/2-mile Bald Eagle Derby and cuts back to 1 1/8 miles for the Virginia Derby. Jamie Ness trains the 3-year-old Daredevil   gelding, who rose through the claiming and allowance ranks before capturing his first black-type win last out.

Though Indian Lake won the Bald Eagle Derby and has the experience of 17 lifetime starts, he is the co-second choice on the morning line at 5-1. Listed as the 7-2 favorite is Augustin Stable's Experienced , who rallied to be a close second in the Bald Eagle Derby in only his second lifetime start. The Temple City   gelding trained by Jonathan Thomas won by a nose on debut when he ran a mile June 21 in a Delaware Park maiden race.

Third in the Bald Eagle Derby was Madaket Stables' Wootton Asset . The Wootton Bassett  colt is three times stakes-placed, including when third in the July 3 Kent Stakes (G3T) at Dealware. Graham Motion trains the French-bred, who is also 5-1 on the morning line. 

Also among the 12 Virginia Derby entries is Gallagher's Stud's Search for Truth , an 11 1/2-length maiden winner over this course and distance Aug. 10. Michael Dickinson trains the Tourist   colt, who has two lifetime starts. 

Fillies will also run nine furlongs on the turf in the Virginia Oaks, which also attracted a field of 12 topped by last-out stakes winners Por Que No  and Flippant . 

Fano Racing's Por Que No is the 4-1 morning-line favorite. Trained by Kent Sweezey, she was a 4 1/2-length winner when she wired the June 26 Boiling Springs Stakes at Monmouth Park. The Wicked Strong   filly will stretch out an extra sixteenth of a mile Tuesday, her farthest distance yet. She won her first four starts of the season before finishing fourth in the May 1 Honey Ryder Stakes at Gulfstream Park ahead of the Boiling Springs.

G. Watts Humphrey Jr.'s Flippant , out of the owner's multiple grade 2 winner Frivolous , took five tries to break her maiden, but won her stakes debut one start later in the Aug. 7 KY Downs TVG Preview Dueling Grounds Oaks at Ellis Park. The Tapit   filly rallied from seventh after a stumbling start in that 1 1/16-mile event. Trained by Victoria Oliver, she is the 8-1 co-fourth choice.

DARRS' Gold for Kitten  is the 9-2 second choice off a nose victory in a 1 1/16-mile Colonial turf allowance July 19. Brendan Walsh trains the Kitten's Joy   filly, who is undefeated in four starts and makes her stakes debut.

The 6-1 third choice is GoldMark Farm and Arthur Applegate's Belle Belisa , a debut winner Aug. 10 over the Virginia Oaks' course and distance. The Irish-bred Lope de Vega  filly is trained by Dickinson. 

The other turf stakes on Tuesday's card are the $150,000 Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Old Nelson Stakes for fillies and mares 3 and up at 1 1/16 miles, the $100,000 Woodford Reserve Kitten's Joy Stakes for 2-year-olds at 1 1/16 miles, and the $100,000 Exacta Systems Rosie's Stakes for 2-year-olds at 5 1/2 furlongs.

Entries: New Kent County Virginia Derby (G3T)

Colonial Downs, Tuesday, August 31, 2021, Race 10

• Grade III
• 1 1/8m
• Outer turf
• $250,000
• 3 yo
• 6:14 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Search for Truth (KY)	Joseph Rocco, Jr.	119	Michael W. Dickinson	8/1
2	2Indian Lake (KY)	Ruben Silvera	121	Jamie Ness	5/1
3	3Eye of the Cat (KY)	Horacio Karamanos	119	Wayne M. Catalano	15/1
4	4Slicked Back (KY)	Fernando De La Cruz	119	Brad H. Cox	12/1
5	5It Can Be Done (KY)	Jose C. Ferrer	121	Gregory D. Sacco	10/1
6	6Wootton Asset (FR)	Jose L. Ortiz	119	H. Graham Motion	5/1
7	7Experienced (KY)	Manuel Franco	119	Jonathan Thomas	7/2
8	8Hard Rye Guy (KY)	Chris Landeros	119	Ian R. Wilkes	10/1
9	9Doubleoseven (MD)	Johan Rosado	119	Jeremiah O'Dwyer	12/1
10	10Shady McGee (IRE)	Victor R. Carrasco	119	Michael J. Maker	15/1
11	11Draft Capital (KY)	Sheldon Russell	119	Doug Matthews	15/1
12	12Hidden Enemy (IRE)	Feargal Lynch	119	Steven M. Asmussen	8/1

Entries: Woodford Reserve Virginia Oaks

Colonial Downs, Tuesday, August 31, 2021, Race 9

• STK
• 1 1/8m
• Outer turf
• $150,000
• 3 yo Fillies
• 5:29 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Adelaide Miss (KY)	Jevian Toledo	118	Brittany T. Russell	10/1
2	2Line Dancing (KY)	Forest Boyce	118	Michael R. Matz	15/1
3	3Flippant (KY)	Rafael Bejarano	118	Victoria H. Oliver	8/1
4	4Funwhileitlasted (PA)	Feargal Lynch	118	J. Kent Sweezey	15/1
5	5Time for Glory (KY)	Victor R. Carrasco	118	Norman L. Cash	15/1
6	6Belle Belisa (IRE)	Charlie Marquez	118	Michael W. Dickinson	6/1
7	7Por Que No (KY)	Ferrin Peterson	120	J. Kent Sweezey	4/1
8	8Gold for Kitten (KY)	Joseph Rocco, Jr.	118	Brendan P. Walsh	9/2
9	9Double Blessed (FL)	Manuel Franco	118	Michael Dini	15/1
10	10Out of Sorts (KY)	Sheldon Russell	120	Brittany T. Russell	8/1
11	11Invincible Gal (GB)	Jose L. Ortiz	118	H. Graham Motion	5/1
12	12Zeyaraat (KY)	Julio Correa	118	Michael V. Pino	12/1

Entries: Exacta Systems Rosie's S.

Colonial Downs, Tuesday, August 31, 2021, Race 8

• STK
• 5 1/2f
• Outer turf
• $100,000
• 2 yo
• 5:01 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Big Boss Ben (KY)	Reylu Gutierrez	120	John Alexander Ortiz	3/1
2	2Baytown Frosty (KY)	Grant Whitacre	120	Paul McEntee	12/1
3	3Mr. Mox (MD)	Ruben Silvera	120	Jamie Ness	5/1
4	4Trust Our Journey (FL)	Julian Pimentel	120	Carlos A. David	4/1
5	5Wish Me Home (MD)	Forest Boyce	120	Phil Schoenthal	5/1
6	6Swift Dancer (FL)	Victor Rosales	118	Carlos Munoz	10/1
7	7Tejano Twist (KY)	Joseph Rocco, Jr.	120	W. Bret Calhoun	5/2

Entries: Woodford Reserve Kitten's Joy S.

Colonial Downs, Tuesday, August 31, 2021, Race 7

• STK
• 1 1/16m
• Inner turf
• $100,000
• 2 yo
• 4:33 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1C My Meister (FL)	Daniel Centeno	120	Kelsey Danner	5/1
2	2Climb and Maintain (KY)	Jose L. Ortiz	118	Kenneth G. McPeek	8/1
3	3Epic Luck (PA)	Aubrie Green	120	Lynn A. Ashby	7/2
4	4Tiz the Bomb (KY)	Robby Albarado	120	Kenneth G. McPeek	3/1
5	5Wow Whata Summer (KY)	Feargal Lynch	120	James L. Lawrence, II	5/2
6	6Gold Heritage (KY)	Colby J. Hernandez	120	Andrew McKeever	7/2

Entries: Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Old Nelson S.

Colonial Downs, Tuesday, August 31, 2021, Race 6

• STK
• 1 1/16m
• Inner turf
• $150,000
• 4 yo's & up Fillies and Mares
• 4:05 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Bramble Queen (IL)	Manuel Franco	122	Michael Dini	8/1
2	2Tuned (GB)	Jose L. Ortiz	122	H. Graham Motion	5/1
3	3Bellagamba (ARG)	Declan Cannon	122	Ignacio Correas, IV	8/1
4	4No Mo Lady (MD)	Julian Pimentel	122	Michael J. Trombetta	10/1
5	5Tightly Twisted (KY)	Jhonatan Mendoza	124	Juanita Bennett	9/2
6	6Drapes (KY)	Victor R. Carrasco	122	Thomas F. Proctor	6/1
7	7Market Rumor (KY)	Chris Landeros	122	Ian R. Wilkes	3/1
8	8Our Bay B Ruth (KY)	Feargal Lynch	122	Eddie Kenneally	7/2