Fog may be lifting in Virginia racing dispute
The fog may be lifting and the ice thawing in a Virginia racing dispute that canceled the 2014 Colonial Downs-
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QuickTake: Colonial Downs, Gold Cup, and the future of racing
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Evening NewsBrief: Breeders’ Cup notes and more
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Steeplechase, flat worlds combine at Gold Cup races
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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
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Key meeting tomorrow, Virginia racing nears the wire
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Opinion: Fixing Virginia racing, or gelding it?
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Colonial Downs threatens to close racetrack, OTBs
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