Virginia Derby

This article is about the annual event inaugurated in 2025 as a Road to the Kentucky Derby qualifier. For the turf race known from 1998 to 2013 as the Virginia Derby, from 2015 to 2017 as the Commonwealth Derby and from 2019 to 2024 as the New Kent County Virginia Derby, see Old Dominion Derby.
Virginia Derby
ClassStakes
LocationColonial Downs
New Kent County, Virginia
Inaugurated1998
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
WebsiteColonial Downs
Race information
Distance1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
Weight123 lbs with allowances
Purse$500,000 (2025)

The Virginia Derby is an American ungraded Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds over a distance of one and one-eighth miles on the dirt held annually in March at Colonial Downs in New Kent County, Virginia. The event currently carries a purse of $500,000.

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