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American Promise Wins 2025 Virginia Derby

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(Coady Media) NEW KENT — American Promise won the 2025 Virginia Derby by 7 ¾ lengths with a track record time of 1:46.41 for the 1 1/8 mile race at Colonial Downs Racetrack in New Kent County Saturday to earn a spot in the Kentucky Derby. A sellout crowd of more than 8,000 turned out to watch the three-year-old colt win Virginia’s first-ever Kentucky Derby qualifier race at Colonial Downs Racetrack. With the win, American Promise has secured him…
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American Promise Wins 2025 Virginia Derby

(Coady Media) NEW KENT — American Promise won the 2025 Virginia Derby by 7 ¾ lengths with a track record time of 1:46.41 for the 1 1/8 mile race at Colonial Downs Racetrack in New Kent County Saturday to earn a spot in the Kentucky Derby. A sellout crowd of more than 8,000 turned out to watch the three-year-old colt win Virginia’s first-ever Kentucky Derby qualifier race at Colonial Downs Racetrack. With the win, American Promise has secured him…

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American Promise, Lukas eye Ky. Derby after win in Virginia

New Kent, Va.Trainer D. Wayne Lukas has accomplished a lot in his Hall of Fame career, but winning at Colonial Downs had eluded him until American Promise almost certainly punched his ticket to Kentucky Derby 2025 with an emphatic 7 3/4-length in the $500,000 Virginia Derby on Saturday. The win put an exclamation mark on a sun-soaked event that also featured a Kentucky Oaks (G1) prep race in the Virginia Oaks won by Fondly. It helped attract a s…

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American Promise Sets Track Record in Virginia Derby Runaway, Fondly

Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas’ entrant in the March 15 Virginia Derby delivered a career-best effort to finish 7 3/4 lengths ahead of runner-up Render Judgment, setting a track record for 1 1/8 miles on the dirt at Colonial Downs. Read More...

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'Run For The Roses' Points Go To American Promise In Virginia Derby

Added to the Kentucky Derby Trail for the first time, the Virginia Derby entered a new era over the dirt at Colonial Downs on Saturday and it was American Promise (Justify–Tapella, by Tapit) who deposited 50 points into his 'Run for the Roses' account. It took him six starts to graduate from the maiden ranks, but a patient progression has never dissuaded D. Wayne Lukas before, and once the chestnut got his first win, he was tasked with stepping …

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TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auc broke the news in on Saturday, March 15, 2025.
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