Saturday’s Virginia-bred and -sired fillies and mares stakes action at Colonial Downs saw Thursday Girl and Noquestionaboutit upend the odds-on favorites to win the $125,000 Brookmeade and $125,000 Glenn Petty, respectively. Two upstarts trained by Brittany Russell ran one-two in the Brookmeade, led by Timbercreek Racing’s Thursday Girl. Piloted by Sheldon Russell, Thursday Girl covered […]
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COLONIAL DOWNS STAKES RECAP: Virginia-breds Repo Rocks and Showstopper Copper Dominate Stakes Action at Colonial Downs
Virginia-bred and -sired males took centerstage in two stakes on Friday at Colonial Downs, and odds-on favorites Repo Rocks and Showstopper Copper reigned supreme in the $125,000 Edward P. Evans and $125,000 Punch Line Stakes, respectively. With the entirety of Friday’s card taken off the turf due to a late afternoon downpour, both the added […]
Meet Some of Horse Racing’s Personalities Based at Colonial Downs
Summer is a busy time for people affiliated with thoroughbred and steeplechase racing in Virginia. Colonial Downs is in the midst of a 10-week thoroughbred meet in historic New Kent and plays host to race programs every Wednesday thru Saturday until September 13. Here’s a wide-ranging look at some of the participants involved in the […]
Track Chaplain Jay Hurley Arranges Hygiene Bag Giveaway for Colonial Downs Backstretch Workers
Racetrack Chaplain Jay Hurley, who is a pastor at the Samaria Baptist Church in Providence Forge, Virginia, recently began his seventh season at Colonial Downs sharing the love of Christ by ministering to the spiritual, emotional, physical, social and educational needs of grooms, exercise riders and other horse-affiliated personnel based in the track’s backstretch area. The […]
EYEING FOURTH PUNCH LINE, DETERMINED KINGDOM HEADLINES COLONIAL DOWNS WEEKEND STAKES ACTION
Aiming for his fourth consecutive score in the event, the Estate of R. Larry Johnson’s Determined Kingdom will face a field of nine in the $125,000 Punch Line, one of four stakes carded at Colonial Downs on Friday and Saturday for older Virginia-bred or -sired Thoroughbreds. With a pair of turf stakes carded each day, […]
Track Chaplain Jay Hurley Arranges Hygiene Bag Giveaway for Colonial Downs Backstretch Workers
-Parishioners at Hurley’s Samaria Baptist Church in Providence Forge, VA Purchase & Bag Hygiene Items for the Initiative (NEW KENT, VA — 7/14/2025) —- Racetrack Chaplain Jay Hurley, who is a pastor at the Samaria Baptist Church in Providence Forge, Virginia, recently began his seventh season at Colonial Downs sharing the love of Christ by ministering […]
Tickets on sale now for Foxfield Fall Races October 5 in Charlottesville
Traditionally a day for friends and families, the Fall Races feature a Vendor Village, Children’s Tent and more with portion of proceeds will benefit Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville A timeless tradition and Albemarle County’s signature steeplechase racing event, the historic Foxfield Races return with its Fall Races event on Sunday, October 5. The Fall Races […]
Winfinity, Slam Motion Prevail in $125,000 Dirt Stakes July 12 at Colonial Downs
Two stakes for both Virginia-bred/sired & Maryland-bred/sired horses highlight opening weekend festivities in New Kent Dream Big Racing’s Winfinity captured the $125,000 Miss Disco Stakes for three-year-old fillies at Colonial Downs Saturday, just before a thunderstorm rolled into the New Kent track and triggered a thirty-minute delay. She finished the 7-furlong dirt stakes, which was […]
Ingleside Training’s Woodberry Payne is Optimistic about Summer Steeplechase Races at Colonial Downs
Thoroughbred horse trainer Woodberry Payne’s lifelong interest in steeplechase racing — as a trainer initially — led him to switch gears 17 years ago and attend stewards school at the request of the National Steeplechase Association (NSA). He embraced the coursework, got certified and from that point, gave up training jumpers and became a racing […]
FULL, HIGH QUALITY FIELDS PEPPER OPENING WEEK CARDS AT COLONIAL DOWNS
With the first three draws in the books, entries have started strong at Colonial Downs for the first week of the 2025 summer season. Phones in the racing office, under the direction of new racing secretary Dan Bork, were steadily ringing. The expanded 41-day summer session runs from July 9 through Sept. 13. The 2025 […]
