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Change of Control and Front Run the Fed were the most notable winners in Colonial Downs’ second week of thoroughbred racing this summer. Both won $150,000 stakes races over 5 1/2 furlongs ...
Colonial Downs is a racetrack located in New Kent County, Virginia adjacent to Interstate 64, halfway between Richmond and Williamsburg. The track conducted Thoroughbred flat racing and Standardbred harness racing between 1997 and 2014, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and reopened for thoroughbreds in 2019.
In 2018 the event was not held, but Virginia laws were amended with regard to funding horse racing and the Colonial Downs reopened in 2019 and the event was scheduled as the New Kent County Virginia Derby. [1] In 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the track canceled the meeting prior to the running of the event. [4]
[8] Because the Churchill Downs turf course is smaller than the one used at Arlington, the distance of the race was shortened from 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles to 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 miles. [8] In December 2022 an agreement was reached between Churchill Downs and the American Graded Stakes Committee to move the 2023 Arlington Million to Colonial Downs in Virginia.
The event is a supporting stakes race on the Arlington Million racing program. Churchill Downs, whose parent company owns the land of the defunct Arlington Park racetrack, hosted the Beverly D. Stakes in 2022. [1] The 2023 race was run at Churchill-owned Colonial Downs in Virginia. [2]
At Colonial Downs – Secretariat Stakes: 2024 Trikari John R. Velazquez: H. Graham Motion: Amerman Racing 1 mile 1:34.92 $500,000 II [11] 2023 Gigante Javier Castellano: Steve Asmussen: Iapetus Racing & Diamond T Racing 1 mile 1:35.10 $500,000 II [12] 2022 Race not held: At Arlington Park – Bruce D. Stakes: 2021 Point Me By Luis Saez: Eddie ...
Colonial Downs 2YO Colt & Gelding Trot: CR Commando: Carl Allen: Carl Allen: 1:53.2: Colonial Downs 2YO Filly Pace: Juliet's Fate: George Brennan: Brett Pelling: 1:52: Colonial Downs 2YO Filly Trot: Musical Victory: Luc Ouellette: Per Eriksson: 1:55.3: Colonial Downs 3YO Colt & Gelding Pace: Artiscape: Michel Lachance: Robert McIntosh: 1:49.3 ...
Colonial Downs 11 August 2024 Secretariat Stakes: II $500,000 3yo open 1 mile: Turf Colonial Downs 11 August 2024 Beverly D. Stakes: II $500,000 3&up f&m 1 + 3 ⁄ 16 miles: Turf Colonial Downs 11 August 2024 Best Pal Stakes: II $200,000 2yo open 6 furlongs: Dirt Del Mar 11 August 2024 Alabama Stakes: I $600,000 3yo fillies 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles ...