Race card released for Boxing Day horse races!
All roads lead to Ellis Thomas Downs on December 26, 2011 for 6 exciting races
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- Next Monday December 26, 2011 will be horse racing in the Virgin Islands and of course it will be at Tortola’s famous Ellis Thomas Downs in Sea Cows Bay.
The Virgin Islands Horse Owners’ Association, under the leadership of Dereck “Aruba” Marshall, will host its last race card for the year on Boxing Day, following the elections as was firstly and accurately reported by Virgin Islands News Online of new association members to serve for the 2012 year.
The Downs is expected to be on fire next Monday with six exciting races and some nine horses from St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands.
The feature race, which is a mile and 1/16 for a purse of $5000.00, will see four of the top horses from St. Thomas and Tortola competing. Tortola’s Good Prospecting, the 2011 Governor’s Cup winner will be match up with St. Thomas’ Voice of Faith who was Tortola’s Delta Cup winner. Also in the feature race is Tortola’s East End Tap who came off a long rest and won recently in St. Thomas. The fourth horse competing for the big prize at Tortola’s Boxing Day races is St. Thomas’ Sweet Sight.
One of Tortola's big horses, Good Prospecting- the 2011 USVI's Governor's Cup winner- will be running in the Boxing Day feature race at Ellis Thomas Downs
Early in the New Year the Virgin Islands (Tortola) will also host the first leg of the Triple Crown between the three islands of Tortola, St. Croix and St. Thomas. Virgin Islands News Online will be the place for all your Triple Crown information.
The post time for the Boxing Day Races at Ellis Thomas Downs is at 1:30pm. Please see full race card below.
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BVI HORSE OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION
ELLIS THOMAS DOWNS
Proposed Race Card
Monday 26th December, 2011
Boxing Day Races
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“Tortolas famous Ellis Thomas Downs” – Famous what? Famous for having a bunch of half dead fleabags limp around it with little men in clown suits whipping these poor animals to move at a pace they just cant manage – is that what fame is about?
No let me tell you what fame is about, fame is about having a world classs cricket venue that the whole world can look up to. And soon work will begin on the construction so these poor old donkeys can finally rest in peace. Cricket is the name of the game and cricket is the future of BVI sports! I even heard that Aruba may well be showing a deep interest in changing the downs to a cricket venue, he has seen the light and been converted.
oh Johnny tis too early for jokes boss…Horse races all the way!
never to early for this fool jokes…
leave Johnny he is good entertainment for the xmas holidays
And what is the West Indies team famous for? Losing??!!
das funny!!
the race card aint all that hot!
hope the track does not go down under Myron and lesmore
Keep Lesmore name out of your mouth, please
Horse racing is “Animal Cruelty” and should not be allowed in the BVI.
stop your sillyness….let them run
I totally agree with you. Not only is horse racing cruel to animals but so is dog fighting and fowl fighting and these need to be banned.
@kingfish
it was animal cruelty when ur mother bring u into this world.
@horseman, I guess the same can be said about you and your mother and by the way you should have said ” when your mother brought you into this world and not when your mother bring you into this world “.
@horseman, The same can be said about you and your mother and by the way you should have said ‘ when your mother brought you into this world and not when your mother bring you into this world” maybe we should tie 20 or 30 pounds on your back,make you rum a mile as fast as you can while someone is beating you with a whip.
Loloo, that one was funny……Horse are made to be riding.
so what is the real deal why they kick off the christopher girls off the commitee????
stop trying to start confusion boss
i must commend virgin islands news for their excellent horse race coverage