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11 horses to make debut @ 'Boxing Day' races on Dec 27, 2015
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – Some 11 horses are expected to make their debut during the Boxing Day horse racing extravaganza this December 27, 2015 at Ellis Thomas Downs, in Sea Cows Bay on the Virgin Islands' main island of Tortola.
UPDATE: Some STT horses scratched for 2014 Boxing Day race
SEA COW’S BAY, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands News Online was reliably informed that some of the horses that were due to come up from St Thomas, United States Virgin Islands for tomorrow’s December 26, 2014 Boxing Day races at Ellis Thomas Downs will not be coming.
Town Hall & Stephen Got Better stamp pedigree @ races [new photos added]
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI - A smaller than expected crowd at the Ellis Thomas Downs Boxing Day races bore witness to the power and speed of Stephen Got Better as well as Town Hall, who both had comfortable wins to stamp their pedigree on proceedings.
UPDATE: Town Hall wins feature event at Boxing Day races!
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – Town Hall emerged the victor in today's feature event of the Boxing Day races held at Ellis Thomas Downs in Sea Cows Bay.
Really Uptown a no-show for Boxing Day races
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – The proposed race card for Boxing Day races to be held at Ellis Thomas Downs is now in and five races are expected to be run off on race day, including a feature race that includes one horse on debut and another racing out of St Thomas.
UPDATE: Leave it to Bern expected to be 'put down'
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – Information just reaching Virgin Islands News Online indicates that rising speedster Leave it to Bern has been diagnosed as having a broken leg and is expected to be 'put down' soon.
UPDATE: VI Triple Crown definitely on - Smith-Aaron
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – President-elect of the VI Horse Owners’ Association, Mrs Karen Smith-Aaron wants everyone to be reassured that the highly anticipated VI Triple Crown is definitely still on and is currently in the planning stages.
UPDATE: Anyone that comes to challenge Really Uptown will be disappointed- Hodge
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI - Having silenced the doubters that Really Uptown could not have registered a second straight win against St. Croix's champion horse Slevin, Violet "Letty" Hodge is looking for more challengers although she is already warning them that they will be disappointed at the end as her horse Really Uptown is simply the best at the moment.
Lesmore Smith keeping an 'open mind' as underdog
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – The current President of the Virgin Islands Horse Owners’ Association and owner of Top Priority Stables, Mr Lesmore Smith, is quietly confident ahead of tomorrow’s Boxing Day races at Ellis Thomas Downs in Sea Cows Bay.
UPDATE: Final official Boxing Day race card is out!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The final official race card for the Boxing Day races at Ellis Thomas Downs on December 26, 2012 has now been released by the VI Horse Owners Association.
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