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Middleburg Training Center
29
Apr
  • Debbie Easter
  • Jeb Hannum
  • Middleburg
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Thoroughbred Association

Sale of Middleburg Training Center increasingly likely

  • The Biz / 3 weeks
  • 0
  • 3 min read

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.

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

Jill Byrne tabbed as new VTA executive director

  • Press Release / 1 year
  • 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.

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.

Gigante
10
May
  • Chambeau
  • Determined Kingdom
  • Gigante
  • Low Mileage
  • Repo Rocks
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Thoroughbred Association

Gigante tabbed Va-bred Horse of the Year

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

On the strength of the biggest-ever win by a Virginia-bred at Colonial Downs, Gigante has been named state-bred Horse of the Year.

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.

13
Feb
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Thoroughbred Association

VTA stallion season auction set for Feb. 14-15

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

The Virginia Thoroughbred Association’s (VTA) annual stallion season auction will take place Feb. 14 and 15 and features dozens of exciting stallions.

08
Dec
  • Colonial Downs
  • Frank Petramalo
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association
  • Virginia Thoroughbred Association

For Colonial Downs, more of the same sounds good

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

The Virginia Racing Commission this week approved a 2024 Colonial Downs schedule that looks like 2023 – but it’s what may come next that’s most interesting.

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.

11
Jan
  • Bill Carstanjen
  • Churchill Downs
  • Colonial Downs
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Thoroughbred Association

Virginia-Certified program to undergo changes

  • Frank Vespe / 3 years
  • 2
  • 3 min read

The Virginia-certified residency program, which encourages people to send young horses to Virginia, will operate with new limitations this year.

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