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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.