The Virginia Racing Commission signed off on Churchill Downs’s proposed acquisition of Colonial Downs June 8.
Rombauer’s surprise victory put the Fradkin’s colors on the cupola weathervane. It’ll be a sad moment for them this afternoon when they change.
Trainer D. Wayne Lukas, whose Triple Crown career began with a controversial win over a filly, will try to get a Preakness win with a filly in Secret Oath.
In the days before the Preakness, Pimlico’s parking attendants, with 100 years experience between them, a painter, and others ready for the big day.
In this Kentucky Derby memory, Nick Hahn recalls a Derby which was the best of times, and the worst of times, because of the bet that didn’t get made.
In their first public interview on the topic, Churchill Downs see “great opportunity” at Colonial Downs because of Virginia’s gaming-and-racing model.
Churchill Downs CEO Bill Carstanjen told the Virginia Racing Commission that he sees big opportunity for racing but may have ruffled some feathers, too.
A visit with trainer D. Wayne Lukas on life, racing, basketball and some key current topics: the filly Secret Oath, colt Ethereal Road, and Bob Baffert.
Correspondent Nick Hahn weighs in with his top 10 stories that mattered to Virginia racing and Colonial Downs in 2021.
A change in tactics has made a big difference for Flippant, who won Tuesday’s Virginia Oaks for her second consecutive stakes score.