Longtime Virginia HBPA chief Frank Petramalo is retiring after a career that’s seen the racing rollercoaster and says it’s the people that have driven him.
The Virginia Racing Commission this week approved a 2024 Colonial Downs schedule that looks like 2023 – but it’s what may come next that’s most interesting.
Colonial Downs will race 27 days from July 11 through September 7 in 2024, with daily average purses expected to approach $700,000.
Grade 1 Beverly D winner Fev Rover heads a group of 11 horses who raced at Colonial Downs this year running in Breeders’ Cup races.
For veteran, New York-based riders Trevor McCarthy and Kendrick Carmouche, Saturday’s stakes-laden card at Colonial Downs felt like coming home.
Your five-minute read to catch up on all the Mid-Atlantic racing action you may have missed over the weekend…
Previewing the Virginia Derby, a Grade 3 race that’s attracted Grade 1 and Grade 2 winners and demonstrates a plan coming to fruition.
Saturday’s card at Colonial Downs features the Grade 3 Virginia Derby along with five supporting stakes, several of which offer intrigue.
Mission of Joy headlines Saturday’s Virginia Oaks at Colonial Downs and will face a field including last out stakes winnter Thirty Thou Kelvin.
Chambeau and Determined Kingdom both won Saturday stakes at Colonial Downs, and for each it was the second stakes win of the 2023 meet.
