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19
Jul
  • Colonial Downs
  • Virginia horse racing

Colonial Downs hoping to make its own luck

  • Nick Hahn / 4 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

With tweaks to its schedule and a focus on robust overnight purses, Colonial Downs is hoping to find the sweet spot in 2021.

Colonial Downs
19
Jul
  • Colonial Downs
  • Nick's Picks
  • Virginia horse racing

Nick’s Picks: Colonial Downs picks July 19

  • Nick Hahn / 4 years
  • 2
  • 1 min read

The original and best Colonial Downs tip sheet returns: Nick’s Picks is back, along with picks from the legendary Derby Bill Watson.

16
Jul
  • Colonial Downs
  • Jill Byrne
  • Virginia horse racing

Full fields abound for Colonial Downs opener

  • Press Release / 4 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

The July 19 opening day card at Colonial Downs includes four stakes and and nine races with 10 or more horses entered.

Colonial Downs
10
Jul
  • Allison De Luca
  • Colonial Downs
  • Dallas Stewart
  • Ferris Allen
  • Jill Byrne
  • Michael Stidham
  • Virginia horse racing

Major barns headed to Colonial Downs

  • Press Release / 4 years
  • 2
  • 6 min read

Lofty purses and the closure of Churchill Downs’s backside are among the factors leading a number of high-end trainers to Colonial Downs this summer.

Colonial Downs
21
Jun
  • Colonial Downs
  • Jill Byrne
  • Rick Williams
  • Virginia horse racing

For Rick Williams, it starts and ends with horses

  • Press Release / 4 years
  • 2
  • 6 min read

Rick Williams, the new safety officer at Colonial Downs, has a horse-first approach to racing he’s honed at many stops along the way.

Colonial Downs
20
May
  • Colonial Downs
  • Jessica Paquette
  • Virginia horse racing

Jessica Paquette to be Colonial’s on-air ‘capper

  • Press Release / 4 years
  • 2
  • 6 min read

Jessica Paquette, formerly on-air handicapper at Boston’s Suffolk Downs, will fill that role in 2021 at Colonial Downs.

Colonial Downs
13
May
  • Colonial Downs
  • Frank Petramalo
  • Jill Byrne
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association

Colonial Downs to have expanded stakes schedule

  • Press Release / 4 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

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.

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01
May
  • Kentucky Derby
  • Reigh Count
  • Virginia horse racing

Reigh Count, Virginia’s forgotten Kentucky Derby winner

  • Nick Hahn / 4 years
  • 3
  • 6 min read

Reigh Count is one of four Kentucky Derby winners bred in Virginia, and his legacy extends to this day in racing — even if he himself is mostly forgotten.

28
Apr
  • Animal Kingston
  • Steeplechase racing
  • Virginia horse racing

“One glass of wine and we bought him”

  • Guest Author / 4 years
  • 3
  • 2 min read

Six-year-old Animal Kingston, a son of Derby winner Animal Kingdom, is kicking off a new career in steeplechase racing.

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12
Apr
  • D. G. Van Clief Jr.
  • Jeb Hannum
  • Karen Dennehey Godsey
  • Virginia Equine Alliance
  • Virginia horse racing

VEA: Thoroughbred jobs returning to Virginia

  • Press Release / 4 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

A new study from the Virginia Equine Alliance (VEA) shows that the horse racing industry has an economic impact of more than $500 million in Virginia.

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