Mostly, Payne specializes in getting youngsters used to saddle and bridle and going on the track before handing them off to ...

Ben's Hero, Eastbostonbenny, named after owner/breeder Lillian Klesaris' late father, raced head-to-head at Colonial Downs ...

BC Stables’ American Promise picked up 50 points on the 2025 Road to the Kentucky Derby after posting a dynamic, 7 3/4-length ...

First Colonial returns most of its starters from a team that won the program’s first state championship in more than 30 years ...

Virginia Derby winner American Promise heads into Kentucky Derby contention with a page full of high-level potential ...

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

American Promise took home the Virginia Derby title in a track record setting race. With the win, American Promise has been ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...