Million-dollar earning Gigante (Not This Time), named 2025 Virginia-bred Horse of the Year, headlines a slate of Virginia Thoroughbred Association (VTA) award winners whose connections will receive hardware for their efforts on Saturday, Mar. 14 at Colonial Downs, the track said in a release on Tuesday.
The trophy presentations will take place on the winner's circle stage between races during the Virginia Derby Day card in New Kent, and are presented by the VTA and Virginia Racing Commission.
The other winners are as follows:
- Turf Horse: Gigante
- Older Male: Repo Rocks (Tapiture)
- Older Filly/Mare: Winfinity (Not This Time)
- 2-Year-Old: Doubting Thomas (Carvaggio)
- VA-Certified Older Male: Mindframe (Constitution)
- VA-Certified Older F&M: Future Is Now (Great Notion)
- VA-Certified 2-Year-Old: Just Philtored (Great Notion)
- Top Trainer: Madison Meyers
- Virginia Breeder of the Year: Larry Johnson
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