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QuickTake: Colonial Downs, Gold Cup, and the future of racing

The crowd at Colonial Downs's closing weekend was thin, while 40,000 attended the Gold Cup jump racing. What's the lesson
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Evening NewsBrief: Breeders’ Cup notes and more

A Breeders' Cup favorite is scratched, plus news from around the mid-Atlantic, in the latest NewsBrief.
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Steeplechase, flat worlds combine at Gold Cup races

Saturday's International Gold Cup at Great Meadow will include both steeplechase and flat racing and could be a blueprint for
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At the Virginia Racing Commission, gray skies, then a downpour

The Virginia Racing Commission convened on a gray October day in Richmond, which was only foreshadowing what was to come
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Colonial Downs surrenders racing license

At today's Virginia Racing Commission meeting, Colonial Downs surrendered its racetrack operators license, possibly ending the Jeff Jacobs era in
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Key meeting tomorrow, Virginia racing nears the wire

Horses raised in Virginia are thriving everywhere but at home. Tomorrow's Racing Commission meeting might, or might not, resolve the
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Opinion: Fixing Virginia racing, or gelding it?

Colonial Downs says it's fixing Virginia racing by creating, then negotiating with a new "horsemen's group." Nick Hahn says that
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Colonial Downs threatens to close racetrack, OTBs

Colonial Downs, Inc., says it'll close its track and OTBs unless the Virginia Racing Commission approves its proposed schedule -
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In Virginia dates dispute, if you can’t beat ’em, ultimatum

Whether it will end with a signed contract, or the relinquishing of the Colonial Downs's license, Virginia's dates dispute is
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Virginia-breds at Laurel could point to cooperative future

The half-dozen Virginia-bred stakes run at Laurel Park Saturday could point the way to future regional cooperation, even a circuit,
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