UPDATE: Sunday's horse racing cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns
A 5-race card, dubbed ‘March Madness’, was slated for Sunday, March 15, 2020 at Ellis Thomas Downs in Sea Cows Bay.
The Virgin Islands Horse Owners Association has since announced that the races have been called off.
“Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic and reasons beyond our control, we are canceling the March 15th Horse Races,” the association said today, March 13, 2020.
It said all other future events and fundraisers are postponed until further notice.
“The association apologises for any inconvenience caused.”
See previous article published March 12, 2020
‘March Madness’ horse racing this Sunday, minus a number of USVI horses!
- only 4 STT horses registered to compete @ Ellis Thomas Downs on March 15, 2020
Although a number of horses from the US Virgin Islands (USVI) will be absent, including Totally Evil and Thulean, the Virgin Islands Horse Racing Association is galloping full speed ahead to pull off a race card at Ellis Thomas Downs in Sea Cows Bay, Tortola, on Sunday, March 15, 2020.
The race card, dubbed ‘March Madness’ will see 5 races run off, with post time set for 1:30pm.
Courage & Honour the race favourite
The feature race, for $5000, will be a clash among local horses Courage and Honour of Top Priority Racing Stables and Chovanes of the Boys Racing Stables and Barrabas Key of Brother’s Stable in St Thomas.
Courage and Honour will be prancing to the starting gate as the favourite, having won the feature clash of the Pre-Valentine’s Race Card at Ellis Thomas Downs on February 2, 2020.
Barrabas Key was third in that race.
Chovanes had tasted victory in the penultimate race of the day, a one-mile showdown for Class B Horses, blazing the trail in 145.1.
Only 4 USVI horses to feature
Meanwhile, only 4 horses from the USVI will feature on Sunday- God’s Greatness, My Running Mate, Gottcha Blessing and Barrabas Key.
According to the VI Horse Owners Association, the USVI’s Festival Race is May 1, 2020, “and some want to train for that.”
Entertainment will be provided by Turbo Sounds.
Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children.
See official race card below:
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