Colonial Downs unveils condition book, stakes sked
An expanded live racing schedule, featuring higher overnight purses and more stakes races, are on tap at Colonial Downs this summer.
Read Moreby Press Release | Apr 14, 2025 | Breaking, Business, Press release other, Virginia, Virginia Business | 0 |
An expanded live racing schedule, featuring higher overnight purses and more stakes races, are on tap at Colonial Downs this summer.
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Jill Byrne will take the reins as the new executive director of the Virginia Thoroughbred Association, representing breeders.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Apr 9, 2025 | Breaking, Business, Bylined Other, Maryland, MD Business, Virginia, Virginia Business | 0 |
The Maryland Racing Commission signed off on a controversial proposal to blend Maryland-restricted and Virginia-restricted stakes Wednesday.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Apr 6, 2025 | Breaking, Business, Bylined Other, Virginia, Virginia Business | 0 |
Colonial Downs will host an August day of racing in which the races are automatic qualifying races for November’s Claiming Crown.
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.
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