Colonial Downs

 On a hot and sticky night in New Kent County, Virginia, Kenny McPeek’s War Dancer split foes and edged out Charming Kitten and Jack Milton to t...

  The “Super Bowl” of Virginia Racing occurs this Saturday evening as Colonial Downs features the $500,000 Grade 2 Virginia Derby; a contest of t...

On a picture perfect evening in New Kent County, Virginia, the longest shot on the board, London Lane, scores the upset in the Grade 2 Colonial Turf ...

The Saturday card at Colonial Downs features some very high quality turf races culminating in the $300,000 Grade 2 Colonial Turf Cup! The undercard al...

 As a new resident of the greater Richmond, VA area, I didn’t know a lot about Colonial Downs. That is until I talked to some key insiders at th...

I’m sure most of you remember the one hit wonder “Closing Time” by the band Semisonic, right? In that song there is a line that states, “every new beg...

Even faced with a surprise challenge, Silver Max kept his cool. An out-of-control longshot had overtaken Silver Max down the backstretch Saturday nigh...

Six-year-old Citation, the first Thoroughbred to earn $1 million, was retired. ~1951 Carl Rosen's Chris Evert trounced Miss Musket by 50 lengths ...

Silver Max will put his five-race win streak on the line Saturday night when going postward as a solid favorite in the Grade  2, $600,000 Virgini...

Colonial Downs' anniversary is in September, hardly convenient for a thoroughbred track that now runs in June and July. So Sunday's celebration markin...