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Leave it to Bern 'Put to Sleep'
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – Leave it to Bern was put to sleep two days ago after receiving an injury during training on the track at Ellis Thomas Downs in Sea Cows Bay on December 7, 2013 according to reports received by this news site.
Who will be the ‘top gun’ in Premier’s Cup?
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – The official race card for the upcoming August Tuesday Emancipation Festival races at Ellis Thomas Downs has been released and in the absence of two of the foremost competitors of recent- Bud White and Really Uptown, it remains to be seen which horse will emerge as the ‘top gun’ in the feature race on August 6, 2013.
Hon. Fraser to fire questions to Premier & Walwyn for July 25 HOA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The popular Third District Representative, Honourable Julian Fraser RA, will not only be making history at the tenth sitting of the second session of the second House of Assembly on July 25, 2013 with his much anticipated Motion of No Confidence filed against the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government but will also be alone on the front-line firing questions.
UPDATE: Bud White 'put down'- Trainer
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Alliance Point Stables Trainer, Michael Smith, confirmed that his horse Bud White has been put down after a new injury to his already damaged leg.
UPDATE: Alliance Point will return to VI despite Bud White's career ending injury!
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – Member of Alliance Point Stables, Stanley Smith, said a possible career and even life threatening injury to his horse, Bud White, would not deter his team from participating in future races at Ellis Thomas Downs.
UPDATE: Races all set for Downs today, June 2
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – Ellis Thomas Downs is expected to come alive with the usual horse racing excitement today, June 2, 2013 for the second race of the year in the Territory hosted by the VI Horse Owners Association.
UPDATE: USVI horse owners in quest for Triple Crown glory on VI soil
WEST END, Tortola, VI – USVI horse owners descended on Tortola last evening to participate in the first leg of the Second Annual VI Triple Crown Challenge to be staged at Ellis Thomas Downs on Sunday, January 13, 2013.
Really Uptown, the speed demon, lives up to his name! [Photoslide Included]
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – “None of these horses have the kind of speed that he [Really Uptown] has; I don’t care who won before or what they did before, but my horse speed demon can do the job!”
UPDATE - Good Prospecting shuts down critics, next stop Premier’s Cup [Photoslide Included]
RED HOOK, St. Thomas, USVI - He entered the race as an underdog but one minute and 41:04 seconds later, Tortola’s Good Prospecting edged out a competitive field and shocked racing fans to win the St. Thomas Governor’s Cup, second time in a row yesterday afternoon, April 27, 2012 at the Carnival 60th anniversary horse racing meet held at the Clinton. E. Phipps Racetrack.
UPDATE - We had a strategy to beat Bud White – says trainer [Photoslide Included]
ST. THOMAS, USVI - It had seemed like déjà vu all over again when St Thomas horse Bud White was looking like he had victory under his harness in the final leg of the Johnnie Walker Triple Crown Classic yesterday Sunday March 18, 2012, but East End Tap in the final few seconds denied him that win and in the process smashed a track record – 1:52.03.
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