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Gov’t assures Ellis Thomas Downs will be fixed
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- While admitting that the renovation of Ellis Thomas Downs, the territory’s lone horse racing facility, is not on the front burner for Government, Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has said “other things” for horse racing will be done in the interim.
Thulean wins 2019 Premier's Cup
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- Moments ago, August 6, 2019, Thulean of St Thomas, US Virgin Islands convincingly won the Premier's Cup at the Virgin Islands Emancipation Festival Horse Races at Ellis Thomas Downs in Sea Cows Bay, Tortola.
Thulean & Totally Evil to renew rivalry @ August Tuesday Races
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- Whether it was a rare off day for Totally Evil at the Pre-August Festival Races at Ellis Thomas Downs in Sea Cows Bay on July 7, 2019 will be known when the feature race of the August Festival Races are held on Tuesday, August 6, 2019.
‘People said we would only become a training track’- Lesmore Smith
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- “I am not raising my own flags but giving myself a pat on the back as well, while not being boastful about it, that the Virgin Islands has the only [horse racing] track running and it probably will be the only track [in Greater Virgin Islands] for the next year.”
Pasty C. Lake Out! Lesmore Smith In! as new Horse Owners' President
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- The BVI Horse Owner’s Association, the body that organises and runs all horse races at the famous Ellis Thomas Downs on Tortola, has new leadership.
After 19 years, No Boxing Day Horse Races @ Ellis Thomas Downs
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- Residents who are accustomed to the annual Boxing Day horse races each December 26 at Ellis Thomas Downs or the former Little A Racetrack are still feeling the effects of killer storms Irma and Maria.
UPDATE: Giant Valley 2nd to Totally Evil in St John’s Festival Races
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- Governor’s Cup champion Totally Evil made it 6 wins in a row in the Greater Virgin Islands when he took the feature race of the St John’s Festival Horse Races at Clinton E. Phipps Racetrack on St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) today, July 3, 2017.
Father’s Day Ellis Thomas Downs Races cancelled; St Thomas pulled out!
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI - Long time horse owner Lesmore Smith has confirmed that Virgin Islands horse races scheduled for Father’s Day, June 18, 2017 at Tortola’s Ellis Thomas Downs in Sea Cows Bay, has been cancelled.
UPDATE: Totally Evil is ‘too fast’
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- Action was as usual at an all-time high when pounding hooves and cheering patrons met at Ellis Thomas Downs in Sea Cows Bay, on the main island of Tortola, to see who would rise to bragging rights and who would fall and work harder, be it in tactic or speed.
Short but action packed card for Ellis Thomas Downs April 2, 2017
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – A small but intriguing race card awaits avid fans of Horse Racing on Sunday April 2, 2017 at Ellis Thomas Downs in Sea Cows Bay, Tortola, with six horses from St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) expected to also compete.

