Category: Virginia

Colonial Downs stable area to open June 23

Colonial Downs will open its stable area for the summer meet June 23, with training to begin June 25, the track announced.

Jump jockey Graham Watters, medevaced after a bad spill two weeks ago, will be back in action Saturday on Virginia Gold Cup day at Great Meadow.

Several Midlantic-bred horses are slated to tackle undercard stakes on Kentucky Derby day. Here’s the scoop.

American Promise, dominant winner of the Virginia Derby, tuned up for the Kentucky Derby with a five-furlong move Saturday at Churchill Downs.

Long a “second-tier steeplechase,” Foxfield Races has been on the upswing of late, pushing the envelope of what it can be, its organizers say.

Colonial Downs will for the first time host a Claiming Crown Preview day on Aug. 21 featuring eight races run under starter allowance conditions.

Champion Snap Decision looks for his fourth Temple Gwathmey win as the Middleburg Spring Races kick off Virginia’s jump season Saturday.

An expanded live racing schedule, featuring higher overnight purses and more stakes races, are on tap at Colonial Downs this summer.

Jill Byrne will take the reins as the new executive director of the Virginia Thoroughbred Association, representing breeders.

The Maryland Racing Commission signed off on a controversial proposal to blend Maryland-restricted and Virginia-restricted stakes Wednesday.

Colonial Downs will host an August day of racing in which the races are automatic qualifying races for November’s Claiming Crown.

Horses bred in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania will tackle Saturday’s Wood Memorial, Carter, and other Aqueduct stakes.

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