{"id":399329,"date":"2025-09-05T06:57:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T06:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/399329\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T06:57:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T06:57:12","slug":"colonial-downs-to-host-old-dominion-derby-day-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/399329\/","title":{"rendered":"Colonial Downs to Host Old Dominion Derby Day Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.wydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image003-3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-317252 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image003-3-338x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"300\"  \/><\/a>NEW KENT \u2014 Colonial Downs in New Kent is gearing up for this Saturday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/rosiesgaming.com\/old-dominion-derby-day-2025\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/rosiesgaming.com\/old-dominion-derby-day-2025\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1757081716133000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3-1PtBsEEFhWjXoVN4uWCq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Old Dominion Derby Day<\/a>, its final premium racing day of the summer racing season.<\/p>\n<p>According to the track, the event will feature live music from \u201980s tribute act <a href=\"https:\/\/thedeloreans.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/thedeloreans.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1757081716133000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3TQ0erHHXb4bOKjQZopqTk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Deloreans<\/a>, as well as high-profile horses, trainers and jockeys competing for $1.3 million in prize money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited to welcome fans to the track for the final premium racing event in our 2025 season,\u201d\u00a0said Frank Hopf, Senior Director of Racing at Colonial Downs.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s been an incredible season of fun and excitement at the track with great entertainment and top-tier racing featuring world-class horses, trainers, and jockeys competing for millions in prize money. We\u2019ve only got a few days of racing left this season, so get your tickets today and make plans to join us for the Old Dominion Derby!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The track said Saturday\u2019s 10-race card will be highlighted by the Grade 3 $500,000 Old Dominion Derby featuring eight horses, including World Beater, one of the nation\u2019s top 3-year-old turf horses coming off a big win in the Grade 1 Saratoga Derby. The $150,000 Da Hoss race will feature Doncho, a 4-year-old who earlier this month set a world record going 5\u00bd furlongs on turf.<\/p>\n<p>Additional races will include the $250,000 Old Dominion Oaks, $150,000 Colonial Cup, $125,000 Exacta Systems Rosie\u2019s Stakes and $125,000 Kitten\u2019s Joy.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to live music throughout race day, family-friendly entertainment will be available around the track.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets start at $5 for General Admission, and children five years old and under are admitted free. Limited indoor, covered, and reserved seats remain. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colonialdowns.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.ColonialDowns.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1757081716133000&amp;usg=AOvVaw08KrSdjHFxgvF0Yh1XvKe3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ColonialDowns.com<\/a>\u00a0for tickets. Post time for the first race is noon.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 live racing season at Colonial Downs will conclude next week with live racing from Wednesday, Sept. 10 to Saturday, Sept. 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW KENT \u2014 Colonial Downs in New Kent is gearing up for this Saturday\u2019s Old Dominion Derby Day,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4107],"tags":[1071,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-399329","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-racing","8":"tag-racing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115150392246768171","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}