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May
May
Preakness photos call-by-call
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Nick Hahn / 9 years
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From atop the Pimlico pressbox, here’s what the running of the Preakness looked like call-by-call.
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Preakness racegoers vote Pimlico for the future
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Nick Hahn / 9 years
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With the future of Pimlico and the Preakness on many minds these days, Preakness racegoers said keep the big race home.
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May
May
25 years ago, Hansel kicked off Virginia renaissance
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Nick Hahn / 9 years
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“You give me 90 days, we could win a race at Charles Town,” says Frank Shipp, who managed ’91 Preakness winner Hansel’s career.
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Feb
Feb
VTA stallion auction offers huge variety
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Nick Hahn / 10 years
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The Virginia Thoroughbred Association (VTA) has nearly 120 stallion seasons on offer for its annual two-day auction, which begins Wednesday.
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Nov
Nov
Virginia Racing Commission slams Colonial proposals
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Nick Hahn / 10 years
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At its meeting yesterday, the Virginia Racing Commission rejected several Colonial Downs proposals – and made clear it’s fed up with the company and its owner.
12
Nov
Nov
Virginia Racing Commission to hold five key hearings
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Nick Hahn / 10 years
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At issue before the Virginia Racing Commission: Colonial Downs’s proposals to run 1 day of live racing 2015 and 4 in ’16, and its request to reopen 2 OTBs.
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Nov
Nov
“The great ones create their own fate”
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Nick Hahn / 10 years
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American Pharoah won the Breeders’ Cup Classic Saturday in his last race, It may have seemed like fate, but even fate might not have been able to catch him.
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Oct
Oct
Nick’s Picks for Gold Cup
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Nick Hahn / 10 years
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Nick’s Picks, the popular and often profitable tip sheet for Virginia racing, returns for tomorrow’s final day of flat racing in the Old Dominion.
21
Sep
Sep
Virginians (at last) take (Not the) Virginia Derby
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Nick Hahn / 10 years
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- 5 min read
Saturday’s Virginia Derby — err, Commonwealth Derby — finally belonged to a Virginia horse, after being run in Maryland. Confused?
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Sep
Sep
Nick’s Picks for Virginia Downs day
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Nick Hahn / 10 years
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Nick’s Picks – Virginia’s best racing tip sheet – returns for Virginia Downs day at Great Meadow!