Just over a decade after Colonial Downs was shuttered, the track—which re-opened for thoroughbred racing in 2019—enjoyed ...

As tensions grew between American colonists and the British crown, the strategic importance of the largest, wealthiest colony ...

The Virginia Derby returned Saturday with a sold-out crowd and a full schedule of races. Thousands packed Colonial Downs to ...

For the first time in its history, the Virginia Derby at Colonial Downs was completely sold out, drawing in fans from across ...

More than half a century has passed since the airport closed, and now a dense forest hides the airport that was.

April 19 marks 250 years since the first gunfire of the American Revolution rang out at 5:30 a.m. northwest of Boston. It was ...

That’s Luray, Virginia for you – a place where small-town charm collides spectacularly with Mother Nature’s greatest hits. Nestled in the Shenandoah Valley and surrounded by the majestic Blue Ridge ...

NEW KENT — The race fields for Saturday’s 2025 Virginia Derby and 2025 Virginia Oaks have been set and Colonial Downs ...

Hidden in plain sight along the winding roads of Loudoun County sits a lime-green building with a striking red roof that ...

It is almost incomprehensible. If you dropped me in the middle of Colony Ridge without a map, I’m not sure that I could make it out. But we didn’t need a map as we tailed law enforcement ...

Nominations for the $500,000 Virginia Derby, the first-ever Kentucky Derby qualifying race at Colonial Downs in New Kent, Va., closed on Wednesday, Feb. 26 with 89 3-year-olds. The centerpiece of ...