Trainer Lacey Gaudet is taking 30 horses to Colonial Downs, which opens this week. But first: a win in Sunday’s Laurel Park co-feature.
Colonial Downs kicks off this week, and the first two stakes, both for Virginia-bred or -sired horses, highlight the Saturday card.
The two outfits based at Braeburn Training Center are looking forward to the upcoming Colonial Downs meet – the focus of their year.
Colonial Downs’s barn area will open June 10 ahead of this summer’s 45-day live racing meet.
Queen Camilla’s visit to the United States featured a stop at Virginia’s Smitten Farm, a top regoinal breeding operation.
Virginia’s Eagle Point Farm’s history will be celebrated in a new book by its longtime owner, Donna Dennehy.
Virginia Derby winner Incredibolt may become the Run for the Roses wise guy horse – and the Virginia Derby the wise guy race.
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.
Shenandoah Downs, the Woodstock, VA harness track, will kick off its 11th season of parimutuel racing April 11.
The potential sale of the Middleburg Training Center to the US Army has horsemen scrambling to preserve the track, but time’s running out.