American Promise dazzles in Virginia Derby
D. Wayne Lukas has himself another Kentucky Derby horse, as the suddenly mature American Promise blitzed the field in the Virginia Derby.
Read Moreby The Biz | Mar 15, 2025 | Breaking, Racing, Triple Crown Trail, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 1 |
D. Wayne Lukas has himself another Kentucky Derby horse, as the suddenly mature American Promise blitzed the field in the Virginia Derby.
Read Moreby Press Release | Mar 13, 2025 | Breaking, Press release preview, Racing, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |
Stakes-placed in each of her last two starts, You’ll Be Back, will seek her first stakes win for trainer Tom Amoss in Saturday’s Virginia Oaks.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Mar 12, 2025 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Features, PA Breeding, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |
Icona Mama had a sharp breeze March 7 and is doing “really well” ahead of a scheduled start in Saturday’s Virginia Oaks at Colonial Downs.
Read Moreby Press Release | Mar 10, 2025 | Breaking, Press release preview, Racing, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |
Gowells Delight, second in the Grade 2 Rachel Alexandra last time out, is the 3-1 morning line favorite in upcoming Virginia Oaks at Colonial Downs.
Read Moreby Press Release | Feb 28, 2025 | Breaking, Business, Press release other, Virginia, Virginia Business | 0 |
The March 15 Virginia Derby – for the first time a Kentucky Derby points race – received 89 nominations, while the Virginia Oaks got 57.
Read Moreby Press Release | Feb 25, 2025 | Breaking, Press release other, Racing, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |
Trainer Brad Cox’s powerful stable could be represented over Virginia Derby and Virginia Oaks weekend at Colonial Downs, he said.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Sep 7, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Race Preview, Racing, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |
Big fields and good betting opportunities abound on Virginia Derby day at Colonial Downs. Here are four questions (and some price plays).
Read Moreby Press Release | Sep 6, 2024 | Breaking, Press release other, Racing, Triple Crown Trail, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |
The road to the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks will make stops in New Kent in 2025, when the Virginia Derby and Oaks become points races.
Read Moreby Press Release | Sep 5, 2024 | Breaking, Press release preview, Racing, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |
Selima winner Brocknardini, Black-Eyed Susan show horse Call Another Play, and a pair from Delaware’s Christiana Stakes face off in the Virginia Oaks.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Sep 13, 2023 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |
For veteran, New York-based riders Trevor McCarthy and Kendrick Carmouche, Saturday’s stakes-laden card at Colonial Downs felt like coming home.
Read Moreby Press Release | Sep 8, 2023 | Breaking, Press release preview, Racing, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |
Mission of Joy headlines Saturday’s Virginia Oaks at Colonial Downs and will face a field including last out stakes winnter Thirty Thou Kelvin.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Sep 6, 2022 | Breaking, Racing, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 1 |
Jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. won five races and swept the Virginia Derby and Virginia Oaks – the former aboard $2 million yearling Capensis – Tuesday at Colonial Downs.
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