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Shenandoah Downs
07
Sep
  • Jeb Hannum
  • Shenandoah Downs
  • Virginia Equine Alliance
  • Virginia horse racing

Virginia Equine Alliance opens new Shenandoah Downs barn

  • Press Release / 4 months
  • 0
  • 3 min read

The Virginia Equine Alliance has opened a new, $2 million barn at Shenandoah Downs that will bolster racing at the track and serve other purposes.

Tracksmith
30
Jul
  • Jill Byrne
  • Virginia Equine Alliance
  • Virginia horse racing

VEA commercial wins “Telly Award”

  • Press Release / 1 year
  • 2
  • 4 min read

A television commercial produced for the Virginia Equine Alliance (VEA) titled “Virginia wins with horses” has won a Telly Award.

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.

22
Dec
  • Colonial Downs
  • Frank Petramalo
  • historical horse racing terminals
  • Virginia Equine Alliance
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association

After long career, Frank Petramalo steps away

  • Nick Hahn / 2 years
  • 2
  • 11 min read

Longtime Virginia HBPA chief Frank Petramalo is retiring after a career that’s seen the racing rollercoaster and says it’s the people that have driven him.

Cavalier Cupid
02
Jan
  • Braeburn Farm
  • Colonial Downs
  • Extravagant Kid
  • Michael Dickinson
  • Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred Championships (MATCH series)
  • Sarah Nagle
  • Virginia certified residency program
  • Virginia Derby
  • Virginia Equine Alliance
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Wootton Asset

Colonial Downs: Stories that mattered in ’21

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

Correspondent Nick Hahn weighs in with his top 10 stories that mattered to Virginia racing and Colonial Downs in 2021.

16
Apr
  • Jeb Hannum
  • Ken McPeek
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Off to the Races
  • Virginia Equine Alliance

Kenny McPeek featured on Off to the Races Radio

  • Press Release / 5 years
  • 2
  • 2 min read

Off to the Races Radio returns to the air April 17 with a show featuring trainer Kenny McPeek and Jeb Hannum, head of the Virginia Equine Alliance.

Colonial Downs
12
Apr
  • D. G. Van Clief Jr.
  • Jeb Hannum
  • Karen Dennehey Godsey
  • Virginia Equine Alliance
  • Virginia horse racing

VEA: Thoroughbred jobs returning to Virginia

  • Press Release / 5 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

A new study from the Virginia Equine Alliance (VEA) shows that the horse racing industry has an economic impact of more than $500 million in Virginia.

English Bee
19
Aug
  • Colonial Downs
  • Debbie Easter
  • Frank Petramalo
  • Gary Williams Jr.
  • Karen Dennehey Godsey
  • Patrick Neusch
  • Virginia Equine Alliance
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association
  • Virginia Thoroughbred Association

For Virginia horsemen, optimism despite clouds

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

The sudden closure of Colonial Downs left Virginia horsemen in the lurch – but aware things are much better than they were a couple years ago.

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