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BVI Recreation Trust to take reigns of horse racing in VI
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands News Online has been informed by a few of its many sources that horse racing in the Virgin Islands will soon fall under the responsibility of the BVI Recreation Trust.
UPDATE: Horse races cancelled at Ellis Thomas Downs this Sunday
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – What was already generating excitement among horse racing fans has suddenly fizzed out as the anticipated showdown between St. Croix’s champion horse Slevin and Tortola’s Good Prospecting will not materialise this Sunday, September 30, 2012 at Ellis Thomas Downs in Sea Cows Bay.
Lack of horses & cooperation are issues for races - Lesmore Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - President of the Virgin Islands’ Horse Owner’s Association and owner of the two time USVI Governor’s Cup winner, Good Prospecting, Lesmore Smith has told a local sports talk show that the lack of horses and cooperation by horse owners are affecting horse racing.
UPDATE: Ritter laid to rest as hundreds turn out to bid farewell
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Family, friends, work colleagues and members of the VI Horse Racing Association turned out in their numbers, braving the humid air to bid farewell to Corlette Axel Ritter, who was laid to rest today, Saturday, August 25, 2012.
The fashion of Diamond Jubilee races! [Photoslide Included]
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – Over the years, fashion is intricately linked with horseracing in the Virgin Islands and the Diamond Jubilee meet that was held on Sunday June 3, 3012 at Ellis Thomas Downs was no exception.
Tortola stables in shambles, Letty Hodge reveals
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – She is considered the queen of the racetrack and on June 2, 2012, horse owner Letty Hodge urged Government officials to pay more attention to the stables that are located at Ellis Thomas Downs race track because “without the horses there can be no horseracing”.
Gutsy man wolfs down 16 inch sandwich!
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – A slim built young man “wolfed” down a 16-inch turkey sandwich provided by LIME yesterday June 3, 2012 for $100 cash and a mobile phone.
Party planned for VI’s top horses!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A fundraiser is being planned for three of the Virgin Islands’ (VI) top horses on June 2, 2012 at Ellis Thomas Downs, disclosed Virgin Islanders Horse Owners’ Association President Lesmore Smith, and the monies will go towards the upkeep of the track as well as for paying out the purses.
UPDATE - Really Uptown wins Easter Sunday feature race! [Photoslide Included]
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI - Really Uptown took just 1:30 and 2 to race around the Ellis Thomas Downs on Sunday April 8, 2012 in the Easter Races and proved to the smallish crowd that he is unrivalled over 7 Furlongs.
3rd District party did not affect Triple Crown- Lesmore Smith
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI - The big hullabaloo over whether 3rd District representative Hon. Julian Fraser’s staging of a party at Ellis Thomas Downs was going to affect preparation for the Triple Crown races yesterday Sunday January 15, 2012, petered out into naught as there were reportedly no complaints over the condition of the grandstand and its surroundings.
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