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March 13th, 2017
Giant Valley 2nd in Pre-Carnival Horse Races on STT

ESTATE BOVONI, St Thomas, USVI- 2016 Governor’s Cup winner Giant Valley of Tortola missed out on victory in the feature race at the Pre-Carnival Horse Races at Clinton E. Phipps Race Track on St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) on March 12, 2017.

April 30th, 2016
UPDATE: Giant Valley’s win no surprise to Lesmore Smith

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- While many regarded the Governor’s Cup win by Tortola’s Giant Valley at the Carnival Races at Clinton E. Phipps Racetrack in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands on April 29, 2016 as an upset, horse owner Lesmore Smith was hardly surprised.

March 20th, 2016
Garabato captures STT Pre-Carnival feature race

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI - Garabato won today’s March 20, 2016 feature race at Clinton E. Phipps Race Track in St Thomas, USVI ahead of the much touted Pumped Up Kicks and Simon Sez Run to capture the $5,200 purse in the Pre-Carnival 2016 races.

June 18th, 2015
Tortola horses skip STT races to prep for home event

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI - Horses from Tortola will not be participating in the upcoming race meet in St Thomas at the Clinton E. Phipps race track as the June 28, 2015 races fall too close to the time that the Virgin Islands Horse Owners’ Association will stage its own meet billed for July 12, 2015.

April 27th, 2015
3 Tortola horses in STT's Governor’s Cup

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, USVI – Three Tortola horses, Doughmaker, Chilean Boy and Trading Secrets will go head to head with Uptown Anthem, Giant Valley and Break Up The Game in the Governor’s Cup – the feature race on May 1, 2015 at the Clinton E. Phipps Race Track, St. Thomas, USVI.

March 2nd, 2015
UPDATE: VI’s Doughmaker tames St Moose!

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI – There was a moose on the loose but Doughmaker was there for the taming as the Tortola horse ensured the big showdown at the Clinton E. Phipps Racetrack in St Thomas on Sunday March 1, 2015, went the way of L and B stables. Doughmaker beat St Moose in a time of 1.39.

October 24th, 2014
2nd leg of Triple Tiara on this Sunday @ Clinton E. Phipps in STT

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, USVI – Come Sunday October 26, 2014 the Clinton E. Phipps Race Track in St. Thomas USVI will come alive with a card of seven races scheduled and a number of horses from Tortola are slated to compete in the second leg of the Virgin Islands Triple Tiara.

September 8th, 2014
VI’s Apollo Sky, Majestic Express & Fort Pyramid win in St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, USVI – Three horses from Tortola, Virgin Islands – Apollo Sky, Fort Pyramid and Majestic Express – scored wins at a race meet held at the Clinton E. Phipps race track in St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands (USVI) yesterday Sunday September 7, 2014.

October 28th, 2012
Update: Tortola's horses hold their own in St. Thomas

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Despite being outnumbered and on foreign turf, Tortola's horses participating in the race card at the Clinton E. Phipps racetrack in St. Thomas on October 28, 2012 trotted away heads high as they put in a creditable performance.

May 8th, 2012
East End Tap is alive, says trainer & co-owner

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Contrary to a recent public announcement, East End Tap, one of the Virgin Islands’ top horses, has not been euthanized, declared its trainer Rodney Simmonds.

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