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  • Debbie Easter
04
Sep
  • Axel Concepcion
  • Darrell Wood
  • Debbie Easter
  • Derby Bill Watson
  • Graham Motion
  • Off to the Races
  • Ryan Fogelsonger

Off to the Races Radio lineup for September 5, 2026

  • The Biz / 2 months
  • 0
  • 2 min read

Off to the Races Radio, powered by The Racing Biz, returns to the airwaves September 5 with an action-packed show. Here’s the lineup.

Middleburg Training Center
29
Apr
  • Debbie Easter
  • Jeb Hannum
  • Middleburg
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Thoroughbred Association

Sale of Middleburg Training Center increasingly likely

  • The Biz / 7 months
  • 0
  • 3 min read

The Middleburg Training Center, which has been vital to the Virginia certified program, likely soon will be sold to the US Army, the VEA said.

Jill Byrne
10
Apr
  • Debbie Easter
  • Jill Byrne
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Thoroughbred Association

Jill Byrne tabbed as new VTA executive director

  • Press Release / 2 years
  • 20
  • 3 min read

Jill Byrne will take the reins as the new executive director of the Virginia Thoroughbred Association, representing breeders.

Colonial Downs
21
Feb
  • Debbie Easter
  • Virginia Gaming Commission
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Racing Commission
  • Virginia Thoroughbred Association

Virginia Gaming Commission bill appears dead

  • Nick Hahn / 2 years
  • 5
  • 3 min read

A bill that would have swept racing regulation out of the Virginia Racing Commission and under a new Gaming Commission appears dead.

Larry Johnson
06
Feb
  • Andrew Motion
  • Bruce Quade
  • Cricket Goodall
  • Debbie Easter
  • Larry Johnson
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Michael Trombetta
  • Virginia certified residency program
  • Virginia horse racing

“He loved this game”: Owner-breeder Larry Johnson passes

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 0
  • 7 min read

Larry Johnson, who put his stamp on the Thoroughbred industry on racetracks and in boardrooms in Maryland and Virginia, passed away Feb. 4.

27
Jan
  • Debbie Easter
  • Virginia Gaming Commission
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Racing Commission
  • Virginia Thoroughbred Association

Virginia Gaming Commission proposal worries racing interests

  • Nick Hahn / 2 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

A proposal to shift oversight of HHR from the Virginia Racing Commission to a new gaming commission has racing interests concerned for the future.

Tracksmith
12
Jun
  • Debbie Easter
  • Glenn Youngkin
  • gray games
  • Virginia certified residency program
  • Virginia Equine Alliance
  • Virginia horse racing

Youngkin’s gray games veto right for racing

  • Nick Hahn / 2 years
  • 3
  • 7 min read

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed a bill that would have permitted so-called “gray games’ with few restrictions: it was the right call for racing.

Tracksmith
01
May
  • Debbie Easter
  • Diana McClure
  • Virginia certified residency program
  • Virginia Equine Alliance
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Thoroughbred Association

Study: Virginia certified program has major impact

  • Nick Hahn / 3 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

Every dollar invested in the Virginia-Certified Residency Program generates nearly six dollars in economic impact, a new study says.

Gigante
06
Mar
  • Debbie Easter
  • Glenn Youngkin
  • gray games
  • Virginia Equine Alliance
  • Virginia horse racing

In Virginia, “gray games” need more clarity

  • Nick Hahn / 3 years
  • 2
  • 6 min read

In Virginia legislation that would permit “gray games” slot machines to proliferate needs much more thought, argues Nick Hahn.

Queen Caroline
03
May
  • Amy Moore
  • Debbie Easter
  • Forte
  • Queen Caroline
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Thoroughbred Association
  • Virginia-Certified Thoroughbred Program

Amy Moore and the lifeboats that led to Forte

  • Nick Hahn / 4 years
  • 2
  • 8 min read

Virginia races contested in Maryland played a significant role in the career of Va-bred Queen Caroline, who became the dam of Kentucky Derby favorite Forte.

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