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

Jill Byrne tabbed as new VTA executive director

  • Press Release / 11 months
  • 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 / 1 year
  • 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 / 1 year
  • 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 / 1 year
  • 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 / 2 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 / 2 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 / 3 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.

01
Mar
  • Churchill Downs
  • Colonial Downs
  • Debbie Easter
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Thoroughbred Association

Virginia, Churchill Downs goals “going to be aligned”

  • Frank Vespe / 4 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

Some folks fret about what Churchill Downs’s purchase of Colonial Downs means for the future, but VTA head Debbie Easter expects their goals to align.

18
Feb
  • Debbie Easter
  • Derby Bill Watson
  • Keith Feustle
  • Mark Casse
  • Off to the Races

Mark Casse featured on Off to the Races Radio

  • Press Release / 4 years
  • 2
  • 2 min read

Off to the Races returns to the airwaves Feb. 19 with a lively hourlong program featuring guests Mark Casse, Debbie Easter, and Keith Feustle.

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