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Dead horse @ race track creates a stink for SCB residents
SEA COW’S BAY, Tortola, VI – In a horrible mishap, a horse has met its demise on the infield of Ellis Thomas Downs in Sea Cow’s Bay (SCB) after it fell into an open well and died some days ago and as a result the neighbourhood is contaminated with the fumes of the animal’s decomposing carcass.
VI Classic promises substance with overseas participation! [Updated Race Card Inserted]
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – The VI Classic promises much substance with a power packed card featuring numerous horses from St Thomas and St Croix and several debutants.
UPDATE: Bad weather forces postponement of Labour Day races in St Thomas
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Information just reaching Virgin Islands News Online is that the Labour Day horse races scheduled for the Clinton E. Phipps racetrack in St Thomas, USVI have been postponed due to poor weather conditions.
Horse Owners Association makes use of grant
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – President of the VI Horse Owners Association, Mrs Karen Smith-Aaron has disclosed that persons have taken advantage of the remaining $5000 left of a grant handed to the association to develop the sport of horse racing locally.
Teachers knock $10k horse grant amidst education woes
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – While some persons may see a recent grant that was given to the VI Horse Owners Association as a step in the right direction, there are yet others who feel that the grant may have been untimely or may have been insufficient in making a meaningful indentation to the Association's cause of enhancing the sport locally.
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.
UPDATE: New Horse Owners’ Assoc. president chooses route of consensus
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Newly elected President of the VI Horse Owners’ Association, Karen Smith-Aaron, has expressed that it is her desire to run the Association through the route of consensus and feels that even though her new role might be challenging, the best results would ultimately come through the use of this approach.
Cooperation from horse owners is a real issue- Lesmore Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Responding to the recent bashing he received in the media by former President of the Virgin Islands Horse Owners’ Association, Violet 'Letty' Hodge, over his statement that there was a lack of cooperation from local horse owners, current President Mr Lesmore Smith refuses to eat his words and said the issue has been a problem even before his tenure.
Lesmore Smith: Fitting & fair to honour Ritter
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – It is never too soon for a person to be honoured who has “given their time and services to anything they have developed within any country or organization”. This was disclosed by VI Horse Owners’ Association President, Mr Lesmore Smith in an interview held with Virgin Islands News Online yesterday, August 28, 2012.
Budgetary allocation for Special Education
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Special Education in the Virgin Islands can expect to get its own allocation of funds from the Government, making way for more monies to be pumped into an area that many believe need more resources.
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