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Colonial holds Extreme Day with 3 types of racing

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September 14, 2008

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Colonial Downs� �Extreme Day� lived up to its billing Sunday with huge payouts in steeplechase and harness races, unseasonable 97-degree heat, and lucky number 13 leading a clean sweep for the outside post positions in the day�s lone flat Thoroughbred race.

�Extreme Day� took full advantage of Colonial�s unique racing surfaces, featuring eight harness races on the 1 �-mile main track and two steeplechases and one non-betting flat Thoroughbred race on the 180-foot wide Secretariat Turf Course.

Both steeplechases produced boxcar payoffs as 31-1 shot Charismatic American won race one and 18-1 longshot One Sea surprised race three. Charismatic American combined with Questioning for a $469.80 exacta and they keyed �all� payouts in the trifecta ($2,161,20) and superfecta ($10,290.50).

The day�s eight harness races were slightly more formful but �Extreme Day� produced zero winning favorites. The Standardbred action featured three divisions each of the Todd Parker Memorial and U Gotta Win One Now late-closing series.

Luvyabutleave, Two B American, and Extreme Makeover took divisions of the Todd Parker Memorial�s first leg. The Parker, a trot for non-winners of two pari-mutuel races, continues each Sunday at Colonial Downs through the finals on Oct. 5.

The U Gotta Win One Now, a pace for non-winners of one race or $3,500 in 2008, continues every Sunday through Sept. 28 with leg one division winners Seadog Man, Awesome Way and Hes Incahoots taking the series� name most seriously Sunday.

�Extreme Day� finished in appropriate fashion with 23-1 shot Dig Alittle Deeper making Colonial�s tote board work hard yet again in race 10 with a nose victory over Strong Belief in a blanket finish with favorite Mc Matz�s Ztam just a half-length back in third. (Colonial Downs)

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