Colonial Downs, horsemen inch towards solution
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RaceBrief: No progress in Virginia, plus racing roundup
In today's RaceBrief, a Virginia Racing Commission meeting provided no relief in the track-horsemen dispute, plus the region's weekend racing.-
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Mediation can’t bridge “huge” gap between Colonial Downs, horsemen
An acrimonious dispute between Colonial Downs and Virginia's horsemen over the 2014 meet took another alarming turn today, as mediation-
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In Colonial Downs dispute, OTB tellers stuck in the middle
While Colonial Downs and Virginia's horsemen slug it out over live racing days, tellers at Virginia's OTBs find themselves stuck-
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Virginia Horseracing News halts publication
Virginia Horseracing News, the website founded by former Virginia Thoroughbred Association executive director Glenn Petty, has ceased publication.-
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T-shirt “scam” targets Thoroughbred retirement programs
Someone was selling T-shirts to benefit ReRun's Thoroughbred retirement program. Now, ReRun's Lisa Molloy wonders, who was it -- and-
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Once alone, Virginia Derby finds its niche crowded by wealthy rivals
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