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07
Apr
  • Colonial Downs
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association
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Virginia Racing Commission will meet tomorrow

  • The Biz / 11 years
  • 1
  • 2 min read

With the clock ticking and no 2015 race meeting scheduled, the Virginia Racing Commission will meet tomorrow in Richmond.

23
Mar
  • Colonial Downs
  • Stan Guidroz
  • Virginia Derby
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association

With bill passed, Virginia racing now needs a blueprint

  • Nick Hahn / 11 years
  • 4
  • 5 min read

With legislation to govern Virginia racing now passed, new questions abound: Where and when will racing take place? And who will run it?

23
Feb
  • Colonial Downs
  • EZ Horseplay
  • Frank Petramalo
  • Virginia Equine Alliance
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association

Fog may be lifting in Virginia racing dispute

  • Nick Hahn / 11 years
  • 1
  • 6 min read

The fog may be lifting and the ice thawing in a Virginia racing dispute that canceled the 2014 Colonial Downs meet.

29
Oct
  • Colonial Downs
  • International Gold Cup
  • Virginia horse racing

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

  • Frank Vespe / 11 years
  • 4
  • 3 min read

The crowd at Colonial Downs’s closing weekend was thin, while 40,000 attended the Gold Cup jump racing. What’s the lesson there?

28
Oct
  • Bayern
  • Breeders' Cup
  • California Chrome
  • Colonial Downs
  • Newsbrief
  • Shared Belief

Evening NewsBrief: Breeders’ Cup notes and more

  • The Biz / 11 years
  • 0
  • 2 min read

A Breeders’ Cup favorite is scratched, plus news from around the mid-Atlantic, in the latest NewsBrief.

16
Oct
  • Colonial Downs
  • D. G. Van Clief Jr.
  • Frank Petramalo
  • Jeff Jacobs
  • Todd Haymore
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association

At the Virginia Racing Commission, gray skies, then a downpour

  • Nick Hahn / 11 years
  • 1
  • 6 min read

The Virginia Racing Commission convened on a gray October day in Richmond, which was only foreshadowing what was to come next.

15
Oct
  • Colonial Downs
  • Jeff Jacobs
  • Virginia horse racing

Colonial Downs surrenders racing license

  • The Biz / 11 years
  • 7
  • 3 min read

At today’s Virginia Racing Commission meeting, Colonial Downs surrendered its racetrack operators license, possibly ending the Jeff Jacobs era in Virginia racing.

14
Oct
  • Colonial Downs
  • Todd Haymore
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association

Key meeting tomorrow, Virginia racing nears the wire

  • Nick Hahn / 11 years
  • 3
  • 5 min read

Horses raised in Virginia are thriving everywhere but at home. Tomorrow’s Racing Commission meeting might, or might not, resolve the long impasse over days.

07
Oct
  • Colonial Downs
  • Jeff Jacobs
  • Old Dominion Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association

Opinion: Fixing Virginia racing, or gelding it?

  • Nick Hahn / 11 years
  • 19
  • 8 min read

Colonial Downs says it’s fixing Virginia racing by creating, then negotiating with a new “horsemen’s group.” Nick Hahn says that sounds more like gelding.

04
Oct
  • Colonial Downs
  • Ian Stewart
  • Jeff Jacobs
  • Old Dominion Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Racing Commission

Colonial Downs threatens to close racetrack, OTBs

  • The Biz / 11 years
  • 12
  • 3 min read

Colonial Downs, Inc., says it’ll close its track and OTBs unless the Virginia Racing Commission approves its proposed schedule – and contract with a new horsemen’s group.

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