NEW KENT — American Promise won the 2025 Virginia Derby by 7 ¾ lengths with a track record time of 1:46.41 for the 1 1/8 mile race at Colonial Downs Racetrack in New Kent County Saturday.
The "Road to the Kentucky Derby" winds through Virginia for the first time this weekend, as the Virginia Derby joins the ...
More than 8,000 people filled the stands at Colonial Downs for the much-anticipated Virginia Derby on Saturday.
Omaha Omaha was born at Chance Farm in Gordonsville and will be running his first race in his home state. After victories at Delaware Park and Laurel Park late in 2024, Omaha Omaha recently placed ...
All eyes will be on Baffert’s Getaway Car, son of 2007 and ’08 American Horse of the Year Curlin. The Virginia Derby, set for ...
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Some of horse racing's top trainers are sending 3-year-olds to Colonial Downs this weekend in search of qualifying points for ...
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After cracking Oaklawn's "1:08 club" in the Commodore Overnight Stakes, on what goes as the first Rebel Monday in track ...
Free Like a Girl also was named champion 4-year-old and up filly or mare. Her Horse of the Year title is her second, having ...
Such horses as Booth keep Bill and Corinne Heiligbrodt in the racing business. Former campus sweethearts at the University of Texas, the couple from Houston has another sprinter of distinction. Like ...