Studlydoright Headlines Opening Week Stakes Action at Colonial Downs
Posted on July 7th, 2025
NEW KENT, Va. (July 7, 2025) – Mens Grille Racing’s Studlydoright headlines a field of nine in the $125,000 Star De Naskra, one of two opening weekend stakes at Colonial Downs on Saturday, July 12 for registered Virginia/Maryland -bred or -sired 3-year-olds. The Star De Naskra and its sister stake the $125,000 Miss Disco Stakes will both be run at seven furlongs.
Colonial Downs’ expanded 41-day summer session begins on Wednesday, July 9 and runs through Sept. 13. Fields across the first four-day race week of the meet average more than 11 entries.
First post for Saturday’s 10-race card is 12:30 p.m. ET. The Star De Naskra is scheduled as Race 9 and the Miss Disco, Race 5.
Winning both the Tremont and the Nashua as a 2-year-old, Studlydoright has amassed over $300,000 in career earnings for trainer Jerry Robb. The Maryland-bred colt held his own in Kentucky Derby preps, earning points in four affairs, including a fifth-place finish in the local Virginia Derby. Returning to a sprint distance, Studlydoright will start from post 3 with Xavier Perez in the irons.
Chief among Studlydoright’s competition is AJ Will Win Stables’ Jersey Derby winner Barbadian Runner, who ran second to Admiral Dennis last out in the Delaware Derby; as well as Wachtel Stable, Gary Barber, Pantofel Stable, William Gotwals, and Lynn Ashby’s Dover Stakes winner Re Markably who will be making his second start for trainer Bill Mott.
Barak Farm’s Safe Trust leads a field of eight fillies in the Miss Disco. With 10 in-the-money finishes from 13 starts, the Maryland-bred trained by Jose Corrales sports a win against open company in the Beyond the Wire last March at Laurel Park. In that race, Safe Trust was moved up by the stewards over Moon Cache, who she will face again in the Miss Disco on Saturday. Regular pilot Denis Araujo will be aboard Safe Trust, who drew post 7.
Looking to add a second stakes victory to her resume, Dream Big Racing’s Winfinity returns to Colonial Downs where she made her freshman debut, winning the Keswick Stakes last August. Trained by John Ortiz, the Virginia-bred daughter of Not This Time will leave from post 5 under last year’s leading rider, Ben Curtis.
The Miss Disco is the first leg in the Old Dominion 6, a classic Pick 6 wager which has a reduced minimum of 50-cents this year.
Complete fields for both the Star De Naskra and the Miss Disco can be found on Equibase here: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/CNL071225USA-EQB.html.
Tickets for the entire meet can be purchased online at www.colonialdowns.com.
Colonial’s races will be prominently featured on FanDuel TV all season long. Additionally, FanDuel TV will be on-site for coverage of the Festival of Racing on August 9.
Racing fans who can’t make it to Colonial can wager at any of the Rosie’s Gaming Emporiums throughout the state, The Rose Gaming Resort in Dumfries or VA-Horseplay locations in Chesapeake and Henrico. Bettors also can wager on racing from ColonialDowns via www.TwinSpires.com, the official advance-deposit wagering service for Churchill Downs Incorporated and its family of racetracks. TwinSpires.com boasts an improved wagering experience and mobile app combining the latest technology with the ability to wager on virtually every quarter, harness and thoroughbred horse race from venues around the globe. TwinSpires.com also offers access to unmatched insight and analysis from horse racing experts, handicappers, insiders, educators and Bloodstock Research Information Services (Brisnet).
About Colonial Downs
Colonial Downs Racetrack, in New Kent, Virginia, hosts live thoroughbred racing on two nationally renowned surfaces – the Secretariat Turf Course, the widest turf course in North America at 180 feet wide and on a 1 1/4-mile dirt track. The Colonial Downs Group, which is owned by Churchill Downs Incorporated (NASDAQ Global Select Market: CHDN), also operates Rosie’s Gaming Emporiums® throughout the commonwealth, which offer innovative historic horseracing (HHR) gaming and full card simulcasting as well as Rosie’s Game Room in Collinsville, and The Rose Gaming Resort® in Dumfries which offers 1,650 HHR gaming terminals, full-card simulcasting, eight bars and restaurants and more than 100 hotel rooms.
