In the apparent absence of any progress in negotiations between Colonial Downs and horsemen, the Virginia Racing Commission canceled its May 22 meeting.
A Virginia Racing Commission meeting this morning failed to resolve the dispute between Colonial Downs and horsemen over dates. They’ll try again Thursday.
Colonial Downs rejected the Virginia Racing Commission’s proposed 25-day meet, ended negotiations with the VHBPA, and offered an interest-free loan to a to-be-formed horsemen’s group.
The Virginia Racing Commission yesterday told the two sides in the racing dates dispute to enact the 25-day schedule it proposed in December. Will they?
The Virginia Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association fired back today at Colonial Downs’s efforts to organize a rival horsemen’s group.
In a letter and a release, Colonial Downs today outlined its vision for the future of Virginia racing — one which does not include the Virginia HBPA.
New proposals from Colonial Downs — perhaps including a split meet — could end a standoff with horsemen. But no resolution is expected until at least mid-April.
Nearly two months ago, as the dispute over racing days (and weeks) between Virginia’s horsemen and Colonial Downs began to heat up, Virginia Horsemens’ Benevolent and Protective Association (HBPA) president Frank Petramalo warned that it was “not unlikely” that horsemen in other states would begin to forbid Virginia advance deposit wagering providers from taking their […]
In an op-ed, the Virginia Horsemens’ Benevolent and Protective Association suggests that what Virginia racing needs is new management at Colonial Downs.
After a failed mediation, Colonial Downs and Virginia’s horsemen aren’t close — and may be getting farther away from — a resolution to save the 2014 meet.