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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.
This is a list of currently active horse racing venues, both Thoroughbred racing and harness racing, sorted by country. In most English-speaking countries they are called "racecourses". The United States and some parts of Canada use the term "racetracks" and some parts of Canada also use "raceway".
In Britain, the British Racing Authority states there were 8,556 horses in training for flat racing for 2007, and those horses started 60,081 times in 5,659 races. [ 111 ] Statistically, fewer than 50% of all race horses ever win a race, and less than 1% ever win a stakes race such as the Kentucky Derby or Epsom Derby . [ 112 ]
Harness racing, where horses trot or pace while pulling a driver in a sulky. [20] Saddle Trotting, where horses must trot from a starting point to a finishing point under saddle; Endurance racing, where horses travel across the country over extreme distances, generally ranging from 25 to 100 miles (40 to 161 km). Anything less than 25 miles ...
The start of the 2014 Preakness Stakes, an American Thoroughbred horse race. Thoroughbred racing is a sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport – flat racing and jump racing, the latter known as National Hunt racing in the UK and steeplechasing ...
In 2013, the purse was increased to $1,500,000 with the winner receiving $1,000,000, making the Grade 3 Charles Town Classic one of the richest Thoroughbred race contested in U.S. surpassed only by the Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup World Championships. The race has attracted top-class performers including Game On Dude and Shared Belief.
Keeneland takes pride in maintaining racing traditions; it was the last track in North America to broadcast race calls over its public-address system, not doing so until 1997. Most of the racing scenes of the 2003 movie Seabiscuit were shot at Keeneland, in part because of the track's "retro feel". [ 12 ]
The event currently carries a purse of $500,000. The race is formally a Grade II turf race, for three-year-old's, but after Colonial Downs was acquired by Churchill Downs, the race was moved to the dirt and is ungraded for 2025. The Virginia Derby is a Kentucky Derby qualifying points race.