Saturday’s “Off to the Races” radio show features Maryland Jockey Club president Sal Sinatra, Jeb Hannum of the Virginia Equine Alliance, and more.
The possibility of racing returning to Colonial Downs moved forward today, when the Va. House approved a critical “historical racing” bill.
The news that Virginia would get its first OTB in over a year, and that Pimlico would sell a parking lot, generated plenty of comment this week. Our thoughts.
Horse racing in Virginia will likely turn back to the future with a “country fair” style; proposed venue Morven Park, near Leesburg, fits that perfectly.
The future remains murky, the Virginia Racing Commission learned, with the present characterized by shuttered facilities, withheld payments, and failed negotiations.
Nobody gave Gayle Gerth much credit for bringing Wiseman’s Ferry to her Dana Point Farm in Pennsylvania. Then Wise Dan started winning, and everything changed.
In what has become almost an annual ritual, Pennsylvania’s governor has proposed to siphon $31 million from racing and breeding’s share of slot revenues into the general fund. The Pennsylvania racing industry is fighting back.