Virginia Derby field taking shape
The field for the March 15 Virginia Derby at Colonial Downs, offering 50 Kentucky Derby points to the winner, is starting to take shape.
Read Moreby Press Release | Mar 5, 2025 | Breaking, Business, Press release other, Virginia, Virginia Business | 1 |
The field for the March 15 Virginia Derby at Colonial Downs, offering 50 Kentucky Derby points to the winner, is starting to take shape.
Read Moreby Press Release | Feb 28, 2025 | Breaking, Business, Press release other, Virginia, Virginia Business | 0 |
The March 15 Virginia Derby – for the first time a Kentucky Derby points race – received 89 nominations, while the Virginia Oaks got 57.
Read Moreby Press Release | Feb 26, 2025 | Breaking, Business, Press release other, Virginia, Virginia Business | 0 |
Churchill Downs track announcer Travis Stone will call the action at Colonial Downs during next month’s Virginia Derby mini-meet.
Read Moreby Nick Hahn | Feb 21, 2025 | Breaking, Business, Bylined Other, Virginia, Virginia Business | 2 |
A bill that would have swept racing regulation out of the Virginia Racing Commission and under a new Gaming Commission appears dead.
Read Moreby Press Release | Feb 21, 2025 | Breaking, Business, Press release other, Virginia, Virginia Business | 0 |
Determined Kingdom, now past $700,000 in career earnings, has been named Virginia-bred Horse of the Year after winning two stakes in ’24.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Feb 6, 2025 | Breaking, Business, Bylined Other, Maryland, MD Business, Virginia, Virginia Business | 0 |
Larry Johnson, who put his stamp on the Thoroughbred industry on racetracks and in boardrooms in Maryland and Virginia, passed away Feb. 4.
Read Moreby Nick Hahn | Jan 27, 2025 | Breaking, Business, Bylined Other, Virginia, Virginia Business | 0 |
A proposal to shift oversight of HHR from the Virginia Racing Commission to a new gaming commission has racing interests concerned for the future.
Read Moreby Press Release | Jan 15, 2025 | Breaking, Business, Press release other, Virginia, Virginia Business | 1 |
The condition book for Colonial Downs’s brief March meet, featuring the Virginia Derby and Oaks, is now available online.
Read Moreby Press Release | Jan 9, 2025 | Breaking, Business, Press release other, Virginia, Virginia Business | 0 |
Colonial Downs has announced ticket options and prices for Virginia Derby day, with the Derby, now a Kentucky Derby points race, to be Mar. 15.
Read Moreby Press Release | Dec 3, 2024 | Breaking, Business, Press release other, Virginia, Virginia Business | 0 |
Colonial Downs will race 44 days in 2025, starting with a 3-day spring meet and then continuing with 41 summer racing days.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Aug 11, 2024 | Breaking, Business, Bylined Other, Virginia, Virginia Business | 0 |
Colonial Downs will expand its footprint to include a spring meet in 2025, with the meet anchored by a Virginia Derby 2.0 worth 50 Kentucky Derby points.
Read Moreby Press Release | Aug 7, 2024 | Breaking, Business, Press release other, Virginia, Virginia Business | 0 |
Colonial Downs has shifted its scheduled August 10 Arlington Million card to Sunday, August 11 because of forecasted rain.
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