Casse, DeVaux, Stidham, McCaughey, Trombetta and more enter multiple runners Opening Day of the 2024 Colonial Downs live racing season is Thursday, July 11, and the card has been drawn. The 12-race program features an average field size of 10.4, as 125 entries were taken with six of those sitting on the also-eligible list. Beginning […]
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Tickets on sale now for Foxfield Fall Races – A Day for Families on Sunday, October 6
Portion of proceeds will benefit Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville Albemarle County’s signature steeplechase racing event, the Foxfield Races return with the second steeplechase race of the National Steeplechase Association’s 2024 series. The Fall Races are a tradition for friends and families, and will take place on Sunday, October 6. Tickets are on sale now at foxfieldraces.com. Foxfield […]
Colonial Down Announces Stakes Schedule for 2024 Summer Season
Festival of Racing Slated for August 10; Virginia Derby Scheduled for September 7 NEW KENT, VA (May 7, 2024) – Topped by a quartet of graded races, Colonial Downs unveiled its 2024 stakes program consisting of 27 races worth $5.7 million for the 27-day season which runs from Thursday, July 11 through Saturday, September 7. The […]
Five Star General Stallion to Stand at Covilar’s Owl Hollow Farm in Virginia
*Originally posted on covilar.com on 12/9/2024* Floyd, Virginia — December 9, 2024 — Covilar LLC (“Covilar”) is pleased to announce acquisition of 50% ownership in Five Star General through a strategic partnership with existing owner Kenny Alhadeff. Five Star General, whose nickname is “Ike,” after U.S. President and five-star general Dwight D. Eisenhower, will stand […]
Boston, Virginia-Bred Hall of Fame Thoroughbred Horse, Recognized with Historical Highway Marker in Henrico County
Boston, a Hall of Fame Virginia-bred thoroughbred horse, was feted December 1 at Historic Tuckahoe in Henrico County with a historical highway marker dedication that recognizes his prominence in the racing world. The marker was recently installed near his foaling location in the county along the westbound lanes of Route 6, at 10400-10402 Patterson Avenue. The […]
Ken Brown Retires as Track Superintendent for Maryland Jockey Club
Danny Finke Named Interim Track Superintendent In addition to working at the Maryland Jockey Club, Ken Brown played a big role in Virginia horse racing as well. Most recently, he was a dirt track consultant at the New Kent track from 2019-2023 and back in the late ’90’s, worked on construction of the 1 1/4-miles […]
2025 Colonial Downs Racing Schedule Approved at Dec. 3 VRC Meeting
Schedule includes three-day Virginia Derby meet in March Racing dates for an expanded 2025 season at Colonial Downs were approved today by the Virginia Racing Commission. The 44-day schedule starts with a special three-day Virginia Derby meet from March 13 through March 15 followed by the traditional summer meet from July 9 through September 13. The […]
Deadline to Register Stallions for the Virginia Harness Horse Association’s Sired Stakes Program is December 1
The Virginia Harness Horse Association (VHHA)’s deadline to register stallions for the Virginia Sired Stakes 2025 breeding season is December 1. Now three years old, the Sired Stake initiative complements the VHHA’s Breeder’s Fund Race program and Certified Residency program — in an effort to keep standardbred racing in the Commonwealth moving forward. Sired Stake […]
Montpelier Hunt Race’s Recap
*Originally Posted on November 8th on nationalsteeplechase.com, photos courtesy of Douglas Lees* The fourth and final fall steeplechase meet in the Commonwealth of Virginia took place on the lawn of President James Madison’s estate in Montpelier Station, northeast of Charlottesville, featuring an eight-race card worth $245,000. Headlining the event was the Grade 3 $75,000 Noel […]
First Lady Suzanne S. Youngkin and Governor Glenn Youngkin Announce Fifth 2024 Spirit of Virginia Award Recipients
*Press release distributed by the Office of the First Lady on November 1st, 2024, Photos by Shealah Craighead* Yesterday, Governor Glenn Youngkin and First Lady Suzanne S. Youngkin awarded the fifth 2024 Spirit of Virginia Awards to the Virginia Horse Center Foundation in recognition of its exceptional contributions to Virginia’s equestrian community and its impact […]
Brooksforreal Wins Ninth Race in a Row & Prevails in $90,975 Virginia Breeders 2-Year-Old Colt/Gelding Championship at Shenandoah Downs
Kelsey Wagner’s Brooksforreal won his ninth straight race in wire-to-wire fashion and track record time Sunday in the $90,975 Virginia Breeder’s divisional championship for 2-Year-Old Colt & Gelding pacers at Shenandoah Downs. A total of eight Breeder’s titles for 2 and 3-year-olds were contested with $720,265 in purse money on the line. Trainer John Wagner’s […]
Virginia Breeders’ $720,625 Championship Day Card Set for Sunday October 27 at Shenandoah Downs
Fields for the 27th annual Virginia’s Breeders Championships are set for this Sunday October 27th at Shenandoah Downs and will help usher out the fall racing season in Woodstock. Eight divisional championships featuring 2 and 3-year-old pacers and trotters of both sexes will be carded on the front end of the 14-race card and run […]
Former Baseball Player/Coach Michael Dailey Wins First Pari-Mutuel Harness Race as a Driver at Shenandoah Downs
Michael Dailey, fresh off a thirty-year career in baseball at the professional, college and high school levels — and just six months removed from finishing third in the Virginia Harness Horse Association’s (VHHA) “Own a Horse for a Day” promotion —completed a successful transition to harness racing professionally when he collected his first pari-mutuel driving […]
