TROMBETTA SWEEPS JUVENILE TURF STAKES AT COLONIAL DOWNS
Posted on August 25th, 2025
With Jorge Ruiz aboard, Doubting Thomas covered 5½ furlongs in 1:02.39, defeating Karate Island by 1¾ lengths. Sometime finished third.
“I was loaded at the top of the stretch and waited until they made a run at him before opening him up,” Ruiz said. “Today he broke spiritedly from the gate, so I said, let’s go to the lead. I like this horse — he is maturing nicely.”
The odds-on favorite Doubting Thomas paid $3.00, $2.10 and $2.10.
Along with his off-the-pace debut win, the Virginia-bred Caravaggio colt is 2-for-2 on turf with a career bankroll of $127,500.
Going 5½ furlongs under jockey Mychel Sanchez, Just Philtored stopped the clock in 1:03.21 while winning the Dolley Madison by 4½ lengths over Slewperstitus. Karina Anna ran third.
“You can do anything with her,” Sanchez said. “I didn’t see a lot of speed in the race, so I took advantage of that and went to the lead. Although we put up a good time, I feel like she went a little slow for what she wanted to do. I can rate her more, I can send her more. Bodywise, she is strong. When you get on her, you can feel the power.”
Sent off as the 7-5 favorite, Just Philtored returned $4.80, $2.60 and $2.10.
Perfect in three career starts, including the Keswick, the Maryland-bred daughter of Great Notion has earned $167,430.
Live racing resumes Wednesday at Colonial Downs with a 12:30 p.m. ET first post. Along with the regular Wednesday-through-Saturday schedule, a special Labor Day program is set for Monday, Sept. 1, with first post at 12:30 p.m. ET.
Tickets for the entire meet can be purchased online at www.colonialdowns.com.
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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.
