Saturday’s card at Colonial Downs featured a pair of Virginia-bred, -sired or -certified handicaps, with Ken Ramsey’s 6-year-old gelding Whenigettoheaven taking the $100,000 Meadow Stable and The Estate of R. Larry Johnson’s mare Hollywood Walk defending her crown in the $100,000 Camptown.
Trained by Nolan Ramsey and ridden by J.G. Torrealba, Whenigettoheaven went straight to the front in the Meadow Stable, setting the pace under pressure from odds-on favorite Determined Kingdom. After being headed in mid-stretch, Whenigettoheaven dug back in, regained the lead and held off the late surge of Going Up by a head. Defending champion Determined Kingdom held third.
Whenigettoheaven covered 5½ furlongs on turf in 1:01.74 and paid $11.00, $4.60 and $2.40.
Bred in Maryland by R. Larry Johnson, the Virginia-certified gelding now owns a record of 29-7-5-8 with $441,890 in earnings.
Hollywood Walk’s second straight Camptown title also came in dramatic fashion. Tracking leader Bosserati from mid-pack, she rallied up the rail in the stretch and put her head down just in time to hold off Chickahominy. Stablemate Noquestionaboutit finished third.
Trained by Mike Trombetta and piloted by Mychel Sanchez, Hollywood Walk completed 5½ furlongs on turf in 1:02.97. Sent off as the 4-5 favorite, she paid $3.60, $2.60 and $2.10.
Fresh off a victory in the open-company Andy Guest Stakes on the Arlington Million undercard, Hollywood Walk now boasts consecutive stakes wins. Bred in Maryland by R. Larry Johnson, the Virginia-certified 6-year-old mare has a career line of 27-7-4-8 with $542,731 in earnings.