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02
Jul
  • Clint Miller
  • Debbie Easter
  • Virginia Equine Alliance
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Racing Commission
  • Virginia Thoroughbred Association

Call it Maryland’s Virginia Derby?

  • The Biz / 11 years
  • 2
  • 6 min read

The Virginia Racing Commission endorsed a proposal to run nine stakes — including the G2 Virginia Derby — in Maryland this year. But hurdles remain.

22
May
  • J. Sargeant Reynolds Jr.
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Preakness
  • Sal Sinatra
  • Tim Ritvo
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Racing Commission

Questions – but few answers – in Virginia’s season of change

  • Nick Hahn / 11 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

For racing and breeding in Virginia and Maryland, only one thing about the future is certain: the only way forward is change.

09
Apr
  • Clint Miller
  • Colonial Downs
  • EZ Horseplay
  • Jeb Hannum
  • Jim Weinberg
  • Stan Guidroz
  • Virginia Equine Alliance
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association
  • Virginia Racing Commission

At Virginia Racing Commission, impasse remains murky

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

The future remains murky, the Virginia Racing Commission learned, with the present characterized by shuttered facilities, withheld payments, and failed negotiations.

07
Apr
  • Colonial Downs
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association
  • Virginia Racing Commission

Virginia Racing Commission will meet tomorrow

  • The Biz / 11 years
  • 1
  • 2 min read

With the clock ticking and no 2015 race meeting scheduled, the Virginia Racing Commission will meet tomorrow in Richmond.

04
Oct
  • Colonial Downs
  • Ian Stewart
  • Jeff Jacobs
  • Old Dominion Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Racing Commission

Colonial Downs threatens to close racetrack, OTBs

  • The Biz / 11 years
  • 12
  • 3 min read

Colonial Downs, Inc., says it’ll close its track and OTBs unless the Virginia Racing Commission approves its proposed schedule – and contract with a new horsemen’s group.

17
Sep
  • Colonial Downs
  • Frank Petramalo
  • Ian Stewart
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association
  • Virginia Racing Commission

In Virginia dates dispute, if you can’t beat ’em, ultimatum

  • Nick Hahn / 11 years
  • 10
  • 3 min read

Whether it will end with a signed contract, or the relinquishing of the Colonial Downs’s license, Virginia’s dates dispute is moving towards an end game.

01
Jul
  • Colonial Downs
  • Frank Petramalo
  • Ian Stewart
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association
  • Virginia Racing Commission

Virginia dates dispute heads to court

  • The Biz / 12 years
  • 1
  • 2 min read

in the Virginia dates dispute between Colonial Downs and the state’s horsemen, Colonial is going to court to halt a Racing Commission directive.

25
Jun
  • Bernie Hettel
  • Colonial Downs
  • Frank Petramalo
  • Ian Stewart
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association
  • Virginia Racing Commission

Virginia Racing Commission tacks to new crossroads

  • The Biz / 12 years
  • 6
  • 4 min read

The Virginia Racing Commission has told the sides in the racing days dispute to focus on ’15. Now’s the time for a decision: Riders up, or lawyer up?

17
Jun
  • Colonial Downs
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Racing Commission

Virginia Racing Commission meeting rescheduled again

  • The Biz / 12 years
  • 4
  • 1 min read

The Virginia Racing Commission has canceled the meeting it had scheduled for Thursday, June 19, and shifted it instead to Monday, June 23.

16
Jun
  • Bernie Hettel
  • Colonial Downs
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association
  • Virginia Racing Commission

Virginia Racing Commission to meet on Thursday

  • The Biz / 12 years
  • 2
  • 1 min read

The Virginia Racing Commission will hold a special meeting on Thursday, June 19 as it continues to try to find a solution to the impasse over racing dates.

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