Colonial Downs to host Claiming Crown qualifying day
Colonial Downs will host an August day of racing in which the races are automatic qualifying races for November’s Claiming Crown.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Apr 6, 2025 | Breaking, Business, Bylined Other, Virginia, Virginia Business | 0 |
Colonial Downs will host an August day of racing in which the races are automatic qualifying races for November’s Claiming Crown.
Read Moreby Nick Hahn | Dec 22, 2023 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Features, Virginia, Virginia Business | 0 |
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.
Read Moreby Nick Hahn | Dec 8, 2023 | Breaking, Business, Bylined Other, Virginia, Virginia Business | 0 |
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.
Read Moreby Press Release | Mar 9, 2022 | Breaking, Business, Virginia, Virginia Business | 0 |
Colonial Downs’s 27-day racing season this summer will feature 24 stakes with a combined value of $3.5 million, topped by the G3 Virginia Derby.
Read Moreby Press Release | May 13, 2021 | Breaking, Business, Virginia, Virginia Business | 0 |
Colonial Downs will play host to 25 stakes during its 21-day 2021 live racing meet, which kicks off its seven-week stand July 19.
Read Moreby Press Release | Dec 17, 2020 | Breaking, Business, Virginia, Virginia Business | 0 |
Colonial Downs will race 21 days in 2021 in a meet that stretches from mid-July to early September.
Read Moreby Nick Hahn | Aug 19, 2020 | Breaking, Business, Top Stories, Virginia, Virginia Business | 0 |
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.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Aug 14, 2020 | Breaking, Business, Top Stories, Virginia, Virginia Business | 1 |
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.
Read Moreby Press Release | Jul 21, 2020 | Breaking, Business, Virginia, Virginia Business | 0 |
After intending to race with limited spectators permitted, Colonial Downs has shifted gears and decided its 2020 meet will be fan-free.
Read Moreby Nick Hahn | Jun 26, 2020 | Breaking, Business, Top Stories, Virginia, Virginia Business | 0 |
The Virginia Racing Commission heard Thursday that Colonial Downs purses would be lower than in 2019 but that the horse population will be up.
Read Moreby Nick Hahn | May 29, 2020 | Breaking, Business, Top Stories, Virginia, Virginia Business | 0 |
With the racing world in flux, Colonial Downs and Virginia horsemen are considering a schedule shift to grab the evening market.
Read Moreby Press Release | Dec 19, 2019 | Breaking, Business, Virginia, Virginia Business | 0 |
Fresh off its first season in six years, Colonial Downs will race 18 days – up from 15 – in 2020 and include MATCH Series races for the first time.
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