The New Kent Racetrack will be open for simulcasting with the doors opening at 10am
Colonial Downs will be selling TVs starting at 9AM in the Valet drop off. Be sure to come early and buy yours before they are all gone!
Colonial Downs Racetrack will be open for Simulcasting in conjunction to the Strawberry Hill Races. HOWEVER you MUST pay admission prices for Strawberry Hill Races admission. Visit StrawberryHillRaces.com for more information and pricing.
Kick off Memorial Day Weekend at Colonial Downs with the earliest opening day ever! The first 3,000 paid admissions will receive a FREE commemorative t-shirt. Free admission to active & retired military.
All patrons receive a money saving "Fun Book" to use all summer long at Colonial Downs. Free admission to active & retired military. It's our first $16 "Family 'n Friends 4-Pack" promotion of the summer! For $16, you'll get 4 admissions, programs, hot dogs, soft drinks & a special gift!!
Special 12:55 PM matinee card. Enjoy the area's largest BBQ as we bring in a diverse group of food vendors for a trackside feast! Wear your t-shirt from Opening Day and get in FREE. Free admission to active & retired military.
Watch & wager simulcast action from Belmont all afternoon in conjunction with our own live races. Plus, meet all 10 couples in the Colonial Downs/Richmond Times Dispatch "Race to the Altar" promotion, and find out which one wins a $30,000 Dream Wedding at the track on July 10th!!
$16 "Family 'n Friends 4-Pack" promotion! For $16, you'll get 4 admissions, programs, hot dogs, soft drinks & a special gift!!
Fans can enjoy 25 cent admission, live programs, hot dogs, soft drinks & bags of chips. (Food items will be sold in $1 packages that include 2 dogs, a soft drink & chips). Giveaways throughout the day via random draws.
Compete with several hundred other poker players for betting voucher prizes. Registration begins at 12 Noon when gates open. Races begin at 1 PM. Poker tourney starts at 3:00 PM (after 5th race).
Enjoy a microbrew sampling event featuring 25 different beers. Sample as many as you'd like, or purchase a full pint of your favorite. Live party music with Soular Coaster. See the country's top three year old turf horses and the sport's top jockeys & trainers compete in the Turf Cup's (Gr. II) 6th running.
Bring Dad out to the track on his special day! After each race, one lucky Dad will win a recliner from Wyatt Ogg Furniture! We'll recognize & salute a Fort Lee military father & his family after each race. Enjoy Fathers Day meal specials in the Jockey Club & Turf Club. Dads, kids & the young at heart will be invited to race on the track after the last horse race---they'll compete in a 100 yard dash, and leave from the actual starting gate!
Various women's organizations will be on hand to raise money for their favorite charities.Enjoy live party music with all girl rock band TONIC JANE.
Free admission for ladies. Featured race is the $50,000 Brookemeade Stakes for fillies & mares, plus there will be a special race featuring all female riders!
$16 "Family 'n Friends 4-Pack" promotion!For $16, you'll get 4 admissions, programs, hot dogs, soft drinks & a special gift!!
Enjoy a horse racing/live concert/fireworks tripleheader at a special 5:00 PM post time. After the fireworks, stick around for a live concert, entertainment, free ice cream, kids activities & a $500 cash giveaway! Get the best seats in the house & buy a trackside "Blast Zone" Table for 4 --- you'll have the best vantage point for the fireworks!
Compete in Colonial’s biggest annual "Pick the Horses" contest and vie for $10,000 in cash prizes. The top three finishers will advance to January's NTRA/Daily Racing Form $1,000,000 Handicapping Championship in Las Vegas, where the winner collects $500,000!! Entry fee is only $150 and you’ll meet, hob-knob and go head-to-head with horse handicappers from around the country that come to New Kent to try to win one of those seats in Vegas! Enter on line via the Colonial Downs home page.
The winning couple in our "Race to the Altar" promotion will have their dream wedding in the winners circle before the first race, plus, all the guests/racing fans will have a chance to win prizes as part of the "celebration".
Fans can also enjoy double specials all day - Daily Double bonuses, 2-for-1 specials & lots more!
Also on July 10th --- compete in the Virginia Derby 5K at the New Kent Vineyards - details coming soon!
See the country’s top three year old turf horses and the sport’s top jockeys & trainers compete in the Virginia Derby’s (Gr. II) 13th running. Enjoy four other stakes races as part of a giant 14 race card!Choose from two party options: One is an all inclusive “Party Zone” event where a $30 ticket (advance sale) includes admission, program, a deluxe BBQ lunch, 3 beer/wine tickets, live music with Steve Bassett, Fat Ammon & the Mystic Soul Bubbas on stage all afternoon, & a commemorative Virginia Derby Wall Clock.
The other option is “Hoot on the Hill”, a BYOB first turn bash presented by Hooters & the Richmond Ski Club. Bring your own party --- cooler, food, grill, portable tent & your friends --- for only $10 per person (only $5 if you purchase at Colonial Downs before June 1st). Either way, wear your fanciest hats in compete for Virginia Lottery tickets!
Come out and enjoy Live Thoroughbred Season as this is the last day of the season!
Play this new FREE game that combines elements of Bingo & Tic-Tac-Doe, and also ties in with Horse Racing results! Games are played weekly at your favorite OTB!! Click here for more information
Play our "Trizotic" Handicapping Contest each Saturday at any of our Off Track Betting Centers. Pick the right horses for a chance to win a carryover pool that grows each week by $100 if not won!!! Click here for more information, the current pool totals and this weeks contest track...
Play Texas Holdem Poker at our Richmond Broad Street, Hampton or Martinsville Off Track Betting Centers for prizes (betting vouchers) for FREE! Come out to go "all in!"
Aqueduct: $100,000 Cicada Stakes (Gr. III) for 3 year old fillies at 6 Furlongs
Gulfstream Park:$300,000 Gulfstream Park Handicap (Gr. II) for 4+ year olds at 1 Mile
Oaklawn Park:$300,000 Rebel Stakes (Gr. II) for 3 year olds at 1 1/16 Miles$125,000 Honeybee Stakes (Gr. III) for 3 year old fillies at 1 1/16 Miles
Santa Anita:$250,000 Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap (Gr. I) for 4+ year old fillies and mares at 1 1/8 Miles$150,000 San Felipe Stakes (Gr. II) for 3 year olds at 1/16 Miles
Tampa Bay Downs:$300,000 Tampa Bay Derby (Gr. III) for 3 year olds at 1 1/16 Miles$150,000 Florida Oaks (Gr. III) for 3 year olds fillies at 1 1/16 Miles$150,000 Hillsborough Stakes (Gr. III) for 4+ year old fillies and mares at 1 1/8 Miles on Turf
Gulfstream Park:$150,000 Inside Information Stakes (Gr. II) for 4+ year old fillies and mares at 7 Furlongs
Gulfstream Park:$750,000 Florida Derby (Gr. I) for 3 year olds at 1 1/8 Miles$200,000 Monnie Miss Stakes (Gr. II) for 3 year old fillies at 1 1/8 Miles$150,000 Rampart Stakes (Gr. III) for 4+ year old fillies and mares at 1 1/8 Miles$150,000 Swale Stakes (Gr. II) for 3 year olds a 7 Furlongs$100,000 Appleton Stakes (Gr. III) for 4+ year olds at 7.5 Furlongs on Turf
Santa Anita:$150,000 San Luis Rey Handicap (Gr. II) for 4+ year olds at 1 1/2 Miles on Turf
Get free OTB Admission every Saturday from March 20 - April 17. Pick up a punch card March 20th and get the card stamped at admissions every succeeding Saturday to see great Derby prep races and receive FREE admission!
Get your card stamped all 5 Saturdays and you'll go into a drawing to win a $250, $100 & a $50 betting voucher and many other great prizes on Saturday April 17th!!!
Come back on Saturday April 24th for a round of 2nd Chance Prize Giveaways!!! Click here for more information!
Santa Anita:$150,000 Santa Ana Handicap (Gr. II) for 4+ year old fillies and mares at 1 1/8 Miles on Turf
Fair Grounds:$400,000 Fair Grounds Oaks (Gr. II) for 3 year old fillies at 1 1/6 Miles
Fair Grounds:$750,000 Louisiana Derby (Gr. II) for 3 year olds at 1 1/8 Miles$400,000 Mervin H. Muniz Jr. Memorial Handicap (Gr. II) for 4+ year olds at 1 1/8 Miles on Turf$400,000 New Orleans Handicap (Gr. II) for 4+ year olds at 1 1/8 Miles
Gulfstream Park:$150,000 Pan American Stakes (Gr. III) for 4+ year olds at 1 1/2 Miles on Turf
Santa Anita:$100,000 Tokyo CityCup (Gr. III) for 4+ year olds at 1 1/2 Miles
Turfway Park:$500,000 Lanes End Stakes (Gr. II) for 3 year olds at 1 1/8 Miles
Gulfstream Park:$150,000 Orchid Stakes (Gr. III) for 4+ year old fillies and mares at 1 1/2 Miles on Turf
Santa Anita:$100,000 Santa Paula Stakes (Gr. III) for 3 year old fillies at 1 1/6 Miles
Sunland Park:$800,000 Sunland Derby (Gr. III) for 3 year olds at 1 1/8 Miles
Bounce to the Derby 2nd Chance Prize Giveaways today!!!
Watch and Wager the 136th running of the Kentucky Derby at any of our Off Track Betting Centers or the New Kent Racetrack
Watch and Wager the Preakness Stakes at any of our 8 Off Track Betting Centers
Watch and Wager the Belmont Stakes at any of our 8 Off Track Betting Centers or at the New Kent Racetrack
