American Promise, the D. Wayne Lukas entry into Saturday’s Virginia Derby, pulled away from the field, setting a Colonial ...

Saturday’s $527,500 Virginia Derby, the first-ever Road to the Kentucky Derby scoring race contested in the historic ...

Fewer than 500 general-admission tickets remain at $5 apiece for Saturday’s Virginia Derby at Colonial Downs, which will ...

Justify colt, trained by 89-year-old D. Wayne Lukas, dominated six overmatched rivals Saturday at Colonial Downs, drawing off ...

Trainer plans to wait for the Virginia Derby winner, who secured a spot in the Kentucky Derby, to settle back in at Oaklawn ...

The D. Wayne Lukas entry in the March 15 Virginia Derby, American Promise, delivered a career-best effort to finish 7 3/4 lengths ahead of Render Judgement and set a track record for 1 ⅛ miles on the ...

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 to earn a ...

More than 8,000 people filled the stands at Colonial Downs for the much-anticipated Virginia Derby on Saturday.

After spending many mornings galloping American Promise, jockey Nik Juarez made his first start aboard the colt count in the Virginia Derby ...

Just over a decade after Colonial Downs was shuttered, the track, which re-opened for Thoroughbred racing in 2019, enjoyed ...

NEW KENT — The race fields for Saturday’s 2025 Virginia Derby and 2025 Virginia Oaks have been set and Colonial Downs ...

The Virginia Derby is a Road to the Kentucky Derby Championship Series event, awarding qualifying points on a 50-25-15-10-5 ...