After being part of a racing incident and delay that forced a jockey change before the race, Conquerthosewecan led every step to win her first stakes in the $150,000 Stellar Wind Handicap at Colonial on Friday. Fractious while being loaded in the first time, Conquerthosewecan injured Sheldon Russell while misbehaving in the starting gate, forcing the jockey out of the race and causing a delay while horses were unloaded and walked back.  Brittany Russell, Conquerthosewecan’s trainer and Sheldon’s spouse, said the rider was “banged up” and reported pain in his foot, but she said she was optimistic that he would be fine.  “When those things first happen and you get pinned up in the gate, he probably did think it was pretty bad,” Brittany Russell said. “But I'm going to him right now. I think we're good, but we'll see.” :: Access the most trusted data and information in horse racing! DRF Past Performances and Picks are available now. On extremely short notice, the trainer tapped jockey Jaime Torres to take the mount aboard the 4-year-old filly, who is typically well-behaved but was wildly out of sorts Friday. She told Torres to keep things as simple as possible during the six-race for older females. “At that point, I didn't know what was happening,” Russell said. “She had a little cut on her nose, and it was nothing major, but you just don't know what they're going to allow. I was lucky Jaime Torres was there because I have a relationship with him. He's ridden for me and I trust him.” Fractious ahead of the second start as well, Conquerthosewecan shot straight to the front and never yielded, even as the Keri Brion-trained filly Sporting Lady mounted a ferocious rail bid in the stretch. Conquerthosewecan prevailed by a neck at the wire, completing the sprint in 1:09.62. Through an opening quarter-mile in 22.19 seconds and half-mile in 44.76, Conquerthosewecan and Torres quickly put away even-money favorite Carmelina to take an uncontested lead. All six fillies and mares in the state-restricted field were still in the mix entering the far turn, but Conquerthosewecan quickly peeled off to make it a two-horse race in the stretch. With a masterful ride from jockey Martin Chuan, Sporting Lady cut the corner into the stretch to launch into contention, but her staggering momentum was not enough to take the lead. Conquerthosewecan dug in on the outside, drifting in to lightly bump her rail-running rival. The two fillies exchanged contact throughout the final furlong, both running game all the way home. Chuan clearly had more time to prepare, but in the end, Torres’s front-running ride won the day. Conquerthosewecan refused to let Sporting Lady past, winning the photo and paying $12.60 to win. Roman Grace finished 3 3/4 lengths back in third for trainer Amelia Green.  After the race, Chuan launched an objection against Torres for bumping in the stretch, but stewards did not change the order of finish.   “You’re sitting there sweating out an objection after all that, and it's like, ‘Woohoo! What did I do to deserve this today?’” Russell said.  Conquerthosewecan had not won a race since her last visit to Colonial in August, when the filly earned a far less dramatic 3 1/4-length victory in a $74,000 allowance. After her chaos-inducing antics Friday, it’s hard to say she loves the track, but the results also speak for themselves. At least she tried to make up for it all, winning the stakes her trainer always believed she deserved.  :: Get the Inside Track with the FREE DRF Morning Line Email Newsletter. Subscribe now.  Boston Handicap Illuminare hit the track at Colonial Downs on Friday as a 5-year-old who had made just one start in the past year, a 33 1/4-length allowance defeat at Saratoga last summer. He left the Virginia track a stakes winner, sweeping by to take the $150,000 Boston Handicap by 2 1/2 lengths. In late 2024, Illuminare won an Aqueduct allowance with a 98 Beyer Speed Figure, a clear sign that the colt was on his way to consistent high-level contention. He finished a distant eighth in the Grade 3 Mr. Prospector, however, and effectively fell off the map of the racing world. The 15 months between stakes starts were clearly well spent. In a profound turnaround orchestrated by trainer Todd Pletcher, the 5-2 second choice stalked behind dueling front-runners on the backstretch, launched his bid on the far turn, and pulled clear at the end. In Rajiv Maragh’s first stakes victory at Colonial since 2011, the jockey had to urge Illuminare all the way home in a determined victory. He completed the seven-furlong sprint in 1:22.52 and paid $7.40 to win.  The complexion of the state-restricted five-horse race changed at the start when suspected pacesetter Chipotle hopped and bobbled at the start, never advancing from last. Lonesome Road, the 3-5 favorite trained by Michael Trombetta, took over front-running duties, but 18-1 longshot Private Desire hustled to challenge him through a sharp opening quarter-mile in 22.18 and half-mile in 43.99. With the heavy favorite forced along on the front end, Illuminare and Maragh had a straightforward stalking trip and easily moved around both leaders on the far turn. Private Desire outlasted Lonesome Road to take second by 2 1/4 lengths for trainer Tom Morley. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.