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“Donnie didn’t say much” regarding pre-race instructions, Waterman explained. “He just told me to ‘ride him like he’s yours.’ “

Yovanovich said that he’d foxhunted the tall dark bay son of Pleasant Colony with the Middleburg Hunt this past season, discovering the horse’s deep reserve of stamina.

“I remember the horse’s first time out hunting, in December,” said the winning owner-trainer. “We were out a very long time, and Colonial Relay was as good at the end of the day as when we’d started. The huntsman couldn't believe it. His horse was exhausted, and there I was, on this fresh horse.

“I told Blair to tuck him in, and to use the first circuit of the course as a confidencebuilder,” Yovanovich said.

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