COUNTESS COLETTE The racing stable will have two runners heading to post on Thursday the 13th, as Countess Colette and Lust for Life will see action. HMDC’s 4-year-old Countess Colette will take on a full field of Accredited fillies and mares in the $75,000 Leona’s Reward at Mahoning Valley. Carded as the 7th race with a 3:03 post time, the race is contested at 1 mile 70 yards– a distance Countess Colette has run only once, resulting in a second-place finish in last season’s

DR. SPIRITO With first-time starters, there’s not a whole lot to rely on in the Daily Racing Form other than a series of workouts. For a 2-year-old gelding named Dr. Spirito, who will race in Mahoning Valley’s 5th race on Wednesday, you need a pedigree page to get your information. The gray Mapleton-bred has plenty of speed coursing through his veins. A son of leading Ohio stallion Dominus out of Love Spun by Hard Spun, Dr. Spirito is a half-brother to the Multiple Graded S

An outside post position and forced lane changing late in the lane may have cost the top spot for Spun in Dominus as our juvenile filly settled for a game second place in the $75,000 Emerald Necklace Stakes for Accredited-breds on October 9. The HMDC, Taste of Victory and TBC Racing’s miss came within a length of the winner at the wire. SPUN IN DOMINUS

SPUN IN DOMINUS Let’s start with the $75,000 Emerald Necklace Stakes this Thursday at Thistledown for 2-year-old Accredited-breds going...