After reviewing the racing landscape for this coming Thursday, Sept. 7, officials at Colonial Downs have decided to modify its first post time for that day to 1:25 p.m. to better coordinate with other racetracks running that day.
Live racing this week – the final week of the 27-day day meet – begins with a special card on Wednesday, September 6 to make up for a program lost earlier in the season. The 10-race card, which starts at the standard 1:30 p.m., features a $12,055 carryover into the 50-cent Early Pick 4 (races 1-5) with a low 12% takeout.
Saturday's closing day card is highlighted by the Grade 3 $500,000 New Kent County Virginia Derby as well as five additional stakes topped by the $250,000 Virginia Oaks.
About Colonial Downs
Colonial Downs Racetrack, in New Kent, Virginia, hosts live thoroughbred racing on two nationally renowned surfaces – the Secretariat Turf Course, the widest turf course in North America at 180 feet wide and on a 1 1/4-mile dirt track, second in length to only the world-famous Belmont Park. The Colonial Downs Group, which is owned by Churchill Downs Incorporated (NASDAQ Global Select Market: CHDN), also operates Rosie's Gaming Emporiums® in Richmond, Hampton, New Kent, Vinton, and Dumfries which offer innovative historic horseracing (HHR) gaming technology and full card simulcasting as well as Rosie's Game Room in Collinsville, which features a limited selection of some of their best HHR titles plus full card simulcasting. The 2023 live racing season, which consists of 27 days from July 13 through September 9, is highlighted by the Grade 1 Arlington Million, Grade 1 Beverly D. and Grade 2 Secretariat Stakes on August 12 and the Grade 3 New Kent County Virginia Derby on September 9. The Beverly D. is a Breeders' Cup Challenge “Win & You're In” race.
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