Virginia-bred Secretariat Stakes winner Gigante is the product of multiple generations of Bill and Ann Backer’s breeding operation over more than 30 years.
Off to the Races Radio returns to the air July 3 with a lively show and guests that include Dallas Stewart, John Mooney, and Jill Byrne.
Off to the Races Radio returns to the air June 26 with a lively show and guests that include Jessica Paquette and Wayne and Susie Chatfield Taylor.
It was like old home week as familiar faces thrived in several Virginia-bred stakes Saturday at Colonial Downs.
River Gal won the Jamestown Stakes today at Laurel Park, the latest in an equine family that’s been very good to Morgan’s Ford Farm.
Ad exec-horse breeder-conservationist Bill Backer, who died May 13, was a “renaissance man” whose legacy, friends said, will be felt for generations.
The firing of longtime executive director Glenn Petty continued to roil the Virginia Thoroughbred Association (VTA) this week, and three directors resigned in protest of what they claim was a deeply flawed process.
The firing of long-time Virginia Thoroughbred Association executive director Glenn Petty came as a shock to many in the industry. VTA president Wayne Chatfield-Taylor hopes it proves to be a wake-up call.
