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UPDATE: Really Uptown defeats the 'Big Demon' Slevin in St. Croix
MID ISLAND, St Croix, USVI – Celebrations ran wild on November 25, 2012 as Really Uptown smoked out the competition to emerge the winner in record time in the Turkeyball Stakes moments ago at the Randall 'Doc' James race track in St Croix.
UPDATE: Horse races cancelled at Ellis Thomas Downs this Sunday
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – What was already generating excitement among horse racing fans has suddenly fizzed out as the anticipated showdown between St. Croix’s champion horse Slevin and Tortola’s Good Prospecting will not materialise this Sunday, September 30, 2012 at Ellis Thomas Downs in Sea Cows Bay.
Final Leg of Triple Crown set for Sunday March 18
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - All eyes will be on St. Thomas this Sunday March 18, 2012 for the final leg of the first ever Virgin Islands’ Triple Crown. The first leg was ran on January 15, 2012 at the Virgin Islands’ (Tortola) famous Ellis Thomas Downs and was won by St. Croix’s Slevin and the second leg ran on St. Croix’s Randall ‘Doc’ James Racetrack on February 19, 2012 and was won by new comer Bud White of St. Thomas.
Slevin out of VI Triple Crown...again!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - In another twist to the plot leading up to the 3rd and final leg of the Johnny Walker Black VI Triple Crown Challenge slated for March 18, 2012 at the Clinton E. Phipps Race Track in St. Thomas, USVI, Slevin has been scratched from the race.
Slevin enters final leg of VI Triple Crown
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Finally, news that horse racing fans were waiting to hear - the Big Demon Slevin has been entered to participate in the final leg of the VI Triple Crown slated for March 18, 2012 at the Clinton E. Phipps Race Track in St. Thomas, USVI.
Triple Crown will go on with or without Slevin
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- While the presence of the big demon, Slevin, would make the perfect ingredient for a best boil to wrap up the historic Triple Crown, President of the St. Thomas Horse Racing Association, Winston Benjamin, is adamant that the third leg would surely be the best leg come March 18, 2012.
Bud White's owner throws down gauntlet to all challengers
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Michael ‘Lulu’ Smith, the owner of Bud White- the most talked about horse that recently won the second leg of the Triple Crown in St. Croix, says he is preparing his horse for the third and final leg of the Triple Crown and welcomes any new challengers including those new horses rumoured to have arrived in Tortola.
Slevin out of Triple Crown!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Slevin, one of the fastest horses on the race track, will not be competing in the last leg of the Virgin Islands’ Triple Crown slated for St. Thomas next month, revealed James Bates, its owner.
UPDATE: Tortola’s Broken Home equals record on St. Croix! [Photoslide Included]
St. Croix, USVI - Real El Madrid had set the record of 1:09:4 on October 10, 2010 in the 6 furlongs open race only to have it equalled yesterday, Sunday February 19, 2012 by Tortola's Broken Home during the 2nd leg of the Triple Crown at the Randall “Doc” James racetrack, St. Croix, USVI.
Slevin gives competition a mountain to climb!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – With the first leg of the Triple Crown done and dusted, the question now is can Slevin be beaten, and judging from the speed in which he devoured the field during the Turtle Dove Classic on Sunday January 15, 2012, it will be a tough question to answer.