The $500,000 Virginia Derby posts at 5:10 PM ET on 3/15/25. This 1 and 1/8 mile ( 9 furlong ) dirt race for 3 year-old thoroughbreds offers 50-25-15-10-5 points to the first five winners from first to fifth. Colonial Downs is in New Kent, VA. This race was inaugurated in 1998 and has always been a turf race but for the very first time the Virginia Derby is to be ran on dirt and qualify as a Kentucky Derby prep race!
The contenders are as follows by post/horse/jockey/trainer/owner/morning-line odds/and Kentucky Derby prep points when applicable:
- Calling Card/Luan Machado/Mike Maker/Three Diamonds Farm/15-1
- John Hancock/Mike Smith/Brad Cox/CHC, INC. and WinStar Farm, LLC./3-1/20 points
- American Promise/Nik Juarez/D. Wayne Lukas/BC Stables, LLC./12-1/5 points
- Omaha Omaha/Raul Mena/Micheal Gorham/On Your Left Racing/15-1/11 points
- Studlydoright/Xavier Perez/John Robb/Mens Grill Racing/15-1/6 points
- Getaway Car/Irad Ortiz, Jr./Bob Baffert/SF Racing, LLC., Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, LLC., Stonestreet Stables, LLC., Diane Bashor, Determined Stables, Robert E. Masterson, Tom J. Ryan, Waves Edge Capitaql, LLC. and Catherine Donovan/9-5/36 points
- Rapture/Flavien Prat/Brad Cox/CHC, Inc. and WinStar Farm, LLC./5-1
- Authentic Gallup/Javier Castellano/Tom Amoss/Greenwell Thoroughbreds, LLC./10-1
- Render Judgement/Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr./Kenny McPeek/Baccari Racing Stab;e, LLC., Dream Walkin Farms, Inc., MJM Racing and Rocket Ship Racing/12-1/4 points
- Georgia Magic/Sheldon Russell/Raymond Handal/West Paces Racing, LLC., Pavilion Racing, Brown Road Racing, Twin Sports Racing and Cypress head Racing, LLC./30-1
Virginia is for Derby lovers! Enjoy the races Saturday on FS1 from 1 PM to 2 PM ET and 2 PM to 2:30 PM on FS2 with varied times on FanDuel TV. Thank you for the read. Please, return for more.
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