Colonial Downs' Stable Area Opens June 23
Colonial Downs' Stable Area Opens June 23 originally appeared on Paulick Report.
Colonial Downs' stable area in New Kent, Va., will be open for business Monday, June 23, welcoming returning conditioners, as well as newcomers who are sure to impact the standings. Training is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, June 25. The expanded 41-day summer session runs from Wednesday, July 9, through Saturday, Sept. 13. The 2025 season will be conducted a four-day per week schedule Wednesday through Saturday plus the Labor Day holiday on Monday, Sept. 1.
Mike Trombetta, the 2024 leading trainer, and Ben Curtis, last year's top jockey, are returning to defend their respective titles where they will face a mix of returning conditioners and jockeys as well as plenty of new faces.
'Last year was my first year there and I love the place,' Curtis said. "The turf track is phenomenal. I really enjoyed my first experience there. It all seemed to go really well. Since then, it's been all-systems go to come back there. Hopefully, I'll do as well as last year.'
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The $5.8 million Colonial Downs 2025 summer stakes program is headlined by the Festival of Racing on Saturday, Aug. 9, which is topped by the Grade 1 Arlington Million, Grade 2, $500,000 Beverly D., and Grade 2, $500,000 Secretariat Stakes. The undercard includes the $150,000 Van Clief Stakes, which has been upgraded to Listed status for 2025; the $150,000 Andy Guest Stakes, the $100,000 Petramalo Mile, and the $100,000 Tyson Gilpin.
The lucrative stakes program also features the Grade 3, $500,000 Old Dominion Derby and its sister race, the Listed $250,000 Old Dominion Oaks, which anchor the Saturday, Sept. 6 card. Four other stakes will be raced that day: the $150,000 Da Hoss Stakes, the $150,000 Colonial Cup, the $125,000 Exacta System Rosie's Stakes, and the $125,000 Kitten's Joy Stakes.
'I'm excited to begin my first full season at Colonial Downs,' said new racing secretary Dan Bork. 'With our solid overnight purses and expanded stakes schedule, our barn area is full plus I expect plenty of shippers from throughout the Mid-Atlantic states."
Post time on Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday is 12:30 p.m. Friday's twilight card gets underway at 4:00 p.m. There will be a special Noon start time Saturday, Aug. 9, and Saturday, Sept. 6.
For tickets and additional racing information, visit our website at www.colonialdowns.com .
This story was originally reported by Paulick Report on Jun 19, 2025, where it first appeared.
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