The first horses arrived on the grounds Monday for the Colonial Downs meet, where live racing kicks off July 11.
The Virginia Racing Commission signed off on Churchill Downs’s proposed acquisition of Colonial Downs June 8.
Colonial Downs will lower the takeout on its traditional Pick 5 wager to 12% and will alter the rules so that carryovers are possible.
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.
In the just-released Equine Injury Database stats, the reporting Midlantic tracks continued steady progress as equine fatalities hit their lowest level yet.
Some folks fret about what Churchill Downs’s purchase of Colonial Downs means for the future, but VTA head Debbie Easter expects their goals to align.
Churchill Downs will acquire Colonial Downs and its associated properties in a larger, nearly $2.5 billion deal expected to close by year’s end.
As we continue wrapping up 2021, here is a tour of some of our favorite photographs of the year featuring our own photographers.
Correspondent Nick Hahn weighs in with his top 10 stories that mattered to Virginia racing and Colonial Downs in 2021.