Colonial Downs

The Summer Games of the XXX Olympiad opened in London less than 24 hours ago. Within the next 24 ago the 16th Summer meeting at Colonial Downs will come to a close with twelve (12) exciting chase scenes. For the most part, Mother Nature cooperated with the track in New Kent, VA as only two [...]

Vacations are all the same. Whether you drive to the beach, fly to an exotic island resort or take a cruise… they are never long enough! A really good vacation is just like a good day at the track. For both you seem to spend as much time preparing and travelling to your destination than [...]

Due to extreme heat that is expected to remain in Virginia through the weekend, Colonial Downs has cancelled its Sunday (July 8th) card of thoroughbred horse racing. Races were scheduled for a 12:55pm EDT 1st Post. Racing will resume on Thursday, July 12th. 1st race Post Time will be 7:00pm EDT. Recapping the selections from [...]

UPDATED 6:45pm EDT, 07/07/2012: Please note selections have been altered AFTER scratches were announced. Ever have someone ask you, “Is it hot enough for ya?!” Try asking that question of someone who’s been without electricity for over a week, during the longest heat wave the East Coast has experienced in sometime. Go ahead and ask [...]

This blog made its debut in January 2008. Since then I’ve authored hundreds of them, all focused on thoroughbred horse racing and all but ignored harness racing. That is until now… at least just this one time. On Thursday afternoon at The Meadows harness racing track, driver Dave Palone set a North American harness racing [...]

Happy Independence Day! For a day that seems to revolve around what to cook on the grill, please take a moment to be thankful that our forefathers had the courage to declare this great country’s independence 236 years ago today. On July 3rd the entertainment industry lost an icon, Andy Griffith. Upon hearing of his [...]

COLONIAL DOWNS cancelled their SUNDAY afternoon card due to the power outage which hit the facility on Saturday night shortly after the running of the 4th race. As a result the remainder of the SATURDAY night card, races 5 thru 10 were cancelled. Word of today’s cancellation came Stu Slagle of the Colonial Downs racing [...]

Remember this guy (to the right)? He was billed the ‘Great White Hope” by his owner having the same name. Back in November he won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile in gate-to-wire fashion, stamping himself the early favorite for the 2012 Kentucky Derby. He ran in the Derby, was in contention entering the stretch, but his [...]

The heat wave along the east coast is returning with triple digit temperatures predicted Friday thru Sunday. If you cannot get to the beach or cool off in a swimming pool, then staying home and watching an old movie might be the smartest move. In my humble opinion, here are the Top Five Horse Racing [...]

The heat wave along the east coast is returning with triple digit temperatures predicted Friday thru Sunday. Thankfully, Colonial Downs runs in the evening hours on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. It MIGHT behoove track management to consider moving the Sunday 12:55pm EDT 1st race Post to later in the day. The predicted record heat in [...]