The Virginia Derby showcases the best of thoroughbred racing—both its horses and its people.

The Kentucky Derby is just six weeks from Saturday, and there's still much to be decided about the 20-horse field. But ...

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

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

Justify colt, American Promise (Nik Juarez 2-1), trained by Wayne Lukas, 89, dominated six overmatched rivals at Colonial ...

That the figures recently released by the Jockey Club from its Equine Injury Database showed another significant drop in 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 ...

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

The D. Wayne Lukas entry in the March 15 Virginia Derby, American Promise, delivered a career-best effort to finish 7 3/4 ...

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

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

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