Gigante carries on Backer breeding legacy
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.
Read Moreby Nick Hahn | Aug 15, 2023 | Breaking, Breeding, Bylined Other, Virginia, Virginia Breeding, Virginia Racing | 0 |
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.
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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.
Read Moreby Press Release | Jun 25, 2021 | Audio, Breaking, Top Stories | 0 |
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.
Read Moreby Nick Hahn | Aug 13, 2019 | Breaking, Racing, Top Stories, Virginia, Virginia Racing | 0 |
It was like old home week as familiar faces thrived in several Virginia-bred stakes Saturday at Colonial Downs.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Sep 28, 2018 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing, Top Stories, Virginia, Virginia Breeding | 0 |
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.
Read Moreby Nick Hahn | Jun 2, 2016 | Breaking, Breeding, Business, Features, Top Stories, Virginia, Virginia Breeding, Virginia Business | 0 |
Ad exec-horse breeder-conservationist Bill Backer, who died May 13, was a “renaissance man” whose legacy, friends said, will be felt for generations.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Jun 27, 2013 | Breaking, Top Stories, Virginia, Virginia Breeding, Virginia Business | 1 |
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.
Read Moreby Nick Hahn | Jun 14, 2013 | Breaking, Top Stories, Virginia, Virginia Breeding, Virginia Business | 1 |
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.
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