Our stakes winning, multiple stakes-placed Countess Colette keeps bringing home the checks. Photo: Courtesy J.J. Zamaiko No, you can’t win ‘em all, but twice this week we did the next best thing – run second. In our runners defense, both of them put in determined late run efforts against odd-on favorites that got loose on the lead over speed-favoring surfaces. First to collect the runner up check at Thistledown was Countess Colette competing in a $34,000 accredited event at s

Luis Rivera put in a rail skimming move to score aboard Rogues a Plotting on Monday Photo: courtesy J.J. Zamaiko For the second week in a row, we started off with a win! It was Gray Perfection’s turn to get his photo taken on Monday. The Huntertown-bred by Creative Cause faced familiar registered foes, as over half the field were coming out of the same race. This would be the gray 3-year-old filly’s second start of the season, second on Lasix and second start with blinkers,

Spun in Dominus started our week off with a determined win for trainer Megan Fadlovich and jockey Rocco Bowen. Spun in Dominus got back to his winning ways on Monday to start the stable’s week off with a game win. HMDC and partners will have plenty of action in the starting gate at Thistledown, with four of our colorbearers going to post in three days! On Monday, Spun in Dominus broke crisply under Rocco Bowen and led the field for the first 100 yards, letting two challengers

“Lofty Cowtown hopes to get back to her winning ways on Wednesday vs. frequent foes.” A real stable stalwart will head to post on Wednesday as Lofty Cowtown heads to post in Thistledown’s seventh race, a hefty $75,000 claiming event at six furlongs. Now a 6-year-old mare, the Mapleton-bred has been campaigned throughout her career by HMDC and Taste of Victory Stables and trained by Megan Fadlovich. The daughter of former Ohio Stallion of the Year Cowtown Cat has been a produ

HMDC and partners have had consistent action now that our horses are settled in at Thistledown after a winter of unpredictable weather that interfered with training schedules and track conditions. With that in our rear-view window, the action has picked up with a win, two seconds and a head scratcher this week. Smokin Joe has a victory cigar after making it two in a row! Smokin Joe started the 2026 season, just as he ended 2025 – with a win. The 4-year-old Mapleton-bred son o