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  • Colonial Downs
17
Dec
  • Colonial Downs
  • Frank Petramalo
  • Jill Byrne
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association

Colonial Downs to race 21 days in ’21

  • Press Release / 5 years
  • 2
  • 2 min read

Colonial Downs will race 21 days in 2021 in a meet that stretches from mid-July to early September.

Extravagant Kid
04
Nov
  • Breeders' Cup
  • Colonial Downs
  • David Ross
  • Extravagant Kid
  • Virginia horse racing

Breeders’ Cup: Virginia-based owner David Ross has “extravagant” hopes

  • Press Release / 5 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

David Ross, the all-time leading owner at Colonial Downs, will seek his first Breeders’ Cup victory Saturday when Extravagant Kid tackles the Turf Sprint.

21
Aug
  • Chalon
  • Colonial Downs
  • Incredible Revenge S.
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Pneumatic
  • Preakness

Colonial Downs cancels, Pneumatic plans, more: The week in social media

  • Chelsea Lowman / 5 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

Colonial Downs ends its meet, Pneumatic will skip the Derby and point to the Preakness, and more, in the week in social media.

English Bee
19
Aug
  • Colonial Downs
  • Debbie Easter
  • Frank Petramalo
  • Gary Williams Jr.
  • Karen Dennehey Godsey
  • Patrick Neusch
  • Virginia Equine Alliance
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association
  • Virginia Thoroughbred Association

For Virginia horsemen, optimism despite clouds

  • Nick Hahn / 5 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

The sudden closure of Colonial Downs left Virginia horsemen in the lurch – but aware things are much better than they were a couple years ago.

Laurel Park
15
Aug
  • Colonial Downs
  • coronavirus
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club

MJC sets quarantine period for Colonial Downs jocks

  • Press Release / 5 years
  • 0
  • 1 min read

The Maryland Jockey Club (MJC) will require jockeys who raced at Colonial Downs to quarantine until August 27 before riding at Laurel Park.

14
Aug
  • Colonial Downs
  • coronavirus
  • Frank Petramalo
  • John Marshall
  • Scott Silver
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association

Colonial Downs cancels rest of 2020 meet

  • Frank Vespe / 5 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

Colonial Downs’s 2020 meet came to an end today, when the track, and the state’s horsemen, decided to end the 2020 meet in the face of Covid-19 positives.

Trevor McCarthy with Tiz He the One
11
Aug
  • Colonial Downs
  • Scott Silver
  • Trevor McCarthy
  • Virginia horse racing

Trevor McCarthy Covid positive prompts cancellations

  • Frank Vespe / 5 years
  • 0
  • 2 min read

Jockey Trevor McCarthy will be off for a period after testing positive for Covid-19, which prompted Colonial Downs to cancel two cards.

What the Beep
11
Aug
  • Colonial Downs
  • coronavirus
  • Virginia horse racing

Colonial Downs cancels two cards

  • The Biz / 5 years
  • 0
  • 2 min read

With a jockey in the colony having tested positive for Covid-19, Colonial Downs has canceled live racing for Tuesday and Wednesday.

Trevor McCarthy
03
Aug
  • Colonial Downs
  • Trevor McCarthy
  • Virginia horse racing

Trevor McCarthy posts five-win day

  • Press Release / 5 years
  • 0
  • 2 min read

Jockey Trevor McCarthy took command of the Colonial Downs meet leaderboard Sunday when he won five times.

What the Beep
30
Jul
  • Camptown S.
  • Colonial Downs
  • Edward P. Evans S.
  • Karen Dennehey Godsey
  • Tyler Conner
  • Virginia horse racing
  • What the Beep

What the Beep scores Camptown upset

  • Press Release / 5 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

What the Beep earned a stakes win at Colonial Downs for the second straight year, while the Todd Pletcher-trained Largent won the Evans.

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