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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.
Horse racing associations to iron out Triple Crown kinks!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - With the hope of avoiding another controversial Triple Crown such as what occurred in the first staging, the horse racing associations of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas and St. Croix are soon to meet to work out those “kinks”.
Tortola objects to new horse entry in Triple Crown
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Despite objections from the Virgin Islands' Horse Owner's Association, new comer Bud White has been cleared to run in the second leg of the Johnny Walker Black VI Triple Crown Challenge at the Randolph ‘Doc’ James Race Track in St. Croix on February 19, 2012.
Slevin gives competition a mountain to climb!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – With the first leg of the Triple Crown done and dusted, the question now is can Slevin be beaten, and judging from the speed in which he devoured the field during the Turtle Dove Classic on Sunday January 15, 2012, it will be a tough question to answer.
UPDATE: Vendors meeting with Premier postponed
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Disgruntled vendors, who operate on race days at Ellis Thomas Downs in Sea Cows Bay, will have to hold a little while longer for their concerns to be addressed as the reported meeting that was scheduled for yesterday January 4, 2012 with Premier Dr. D. Orlando Smith did not come off.
Better purse structure will enhance participation at races
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - With the participation from arch-rivals St. Thomas and St. Croix never guaranteed whenever there are horse races at Ellis Thomas Downs here in the Virgin Islands, President-elect of the Virgin Islands Horse Owners’ Association, Lesmore Smith, believes increasing prize monies would help to improve participation from the two US Territories.
Horseback riding among initiatives for new Association
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Among the goals for the new executive members of the VI Horse Owners' Association is to have a number of initiatives that would involve the family and also help to raise funds for the development of Ellis Thomas Downs, the mecca of horseracing in the Virgin Islands.
Development at Downs ahead of Boxing Day races!
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- Horse racing fans converging at Ellis Thomas Downs on Monday December 26, 2011 for the Boxing Day races are bound to be impressed at the sudden developments that have taken place under the grand stand as they would notice that the vending area has been given a complete makeover.
Lesmore Smith elected new Horse Owners’ Association President for 2012
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - News just reaching Virgin Islands News Online is that Lesmore Smith has been elected the new President of the Virgin Islands Horse Owners' Association.
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