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UPDATE: St Croix’s Plotter came specially for Premier’s Cup - Trainer
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – Jo-Dingo Stables’ Jahmal Rivera said he came specially to achieve the feat of having Plotter become the first St Croix horse to win the Premier’s Cup.
Local horse owners fired up for June 2 races
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – Horse owners have expressed excitement in anticipation of the upcoming races set for June 2, 2013 at Ellis Thomas Downs in Sea Cows Bay.
Smith encourages horse owners to examine 'breeding locally'
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Horse Owner, Lesmore Smith, of Top Priority Racing stables recently decided to retire his champion horse, Good Prospecting, but explained that he would not be putting his horse to pasture in the near future.
Good Prospecting to be retired ‘gratefully’- Lesmore Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Even with Really Uptown powering to victory to send Virgin Islands horse racing fans in wild celebration in the feature Carnival race at the Clinton E. Phipps race track in St Thomas, USVI yesterday, April 27, 2013 there was also some sadness as it was also the last race for the two-time Governor’s Cup champion, Good Prospecting
UPDATE: L&B Stables wins first ever Governor's Cup with Really Uptown!
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- Tortola's champion horse Really Uptown has won the 2013 Governor's Cup at the Clinton E. Phipps race track in St Thomas, making history for L&B Stables since it is the first time it has won the Governor's Cup.
Top Priority hosts joint security training conference
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Top Priority Security Services hosted a four-day law enforcement training course that was set out to bring Police, Teachers and Social Workers as well as other stakeholders under ‘one umbrella’.
UPDATE: Its official, No Easter races for 2013-President Smith-Aaron
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – As was first and accurately reported by Virgin Islands News Online on March 27, 2013, President of the VI Horse Owners' Association Mrs Karen Smith-Aaron moments ago confirmed to this news site in an exclusive interview from overseas that the Easter horse races at Ellis Thomas Downs scheduled for April 7, have been cancelled.
Really Uptown sends opposition back to drawing board!
ST CROIX, USVI – Sunday’s races at the Randall ‘Doc’ James racetrack in St Croix have now gone in the annals and as the dust settles horse owners are already thinking about what they may need to do next time to stop the seemingly invincible Really Uptown. The horse from the L&B Stables ran a blistering and record breaking pace in the feature race on February 17, 2013.
UPDATE: Really Uptown demolishes competition in St Croix!
ST CROIX, USVI - Really Uptown won the second leg of the VI Triple Crown in convincing fashion on February 17, 2013 with a new track record at the Randall 'Doc' James racetrack.
Horse Owners in full support of microchip for horses!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Both the current and past presidents of the Virgin Islands Horse Owners' Association were in full agreement with a new provision in the recently signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the movement of equines, that horses could be fitted with a microchip to aid in identification during travelling.
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