NEW KENT COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Colonial Downs held its biggest day of horse racing in Virginia history on Saturday with the Festival of Racing. The Festival of Racing was held on Saturday, Aug. 9, ...

NEW KENT, Va. (WWBT)—The 2025 Festival of Racing took place on Saturday, August 9, at Colonial Downs in New Kent, and big winnings were at stake. The race had $2.8 million in prize money and attracted ...

NEW KENT — Colonial Downs’ racing season will run for 48 days next year, the New Kent racetrack announced. It will be the most live racing days held in one season at the racetrack in its nearly ...

Today, Dec. 15, the Virginia Racing Commission approved an expanded and adjusted 48-day live racing season for Colonial Downs Racetrack in 2026. This will be the most live racing days ever held in one ...

Colonial Downs Leading Jockey Ben Curtis Could Have Big Arlington Million Day originally appeared on Paulick Report. Colonial Downs’ reigning titleholder and current meet-leading jockey, Ben Curtis, ...

With just over two months until Virginia’s only Kentucky Derby qualifying race, the racetrack said a limited number of $5 ...

Fort Washington won the marquee event of Colonial Downs’ Festival of Racing, the Arlington Million, on Saturday in New Kent County. Trained by Shug McGaughey and ridden by Junior Alvarado, Fort ...

NEW KENT — New Kent County stands to make $18 million from the Colonial Downs racetrack in the current financial year before new regulations reduce annual windfalls. County Administrator Rodney ...

NEW KENT COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A jockey was airlifted to the hospital from the Colonial Downs racetrack on Thursday after officials say he was unseated from his horse. On Thursday, July 24, jockey ...