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.
Phlash Phelps, Monster Sleeping, and Middleburg are among 122 nominees to Pimlico’s two Maryland-bred and three Virginia-bred stakes closing weekend.
Closing day at Pimlico June 26 will feature three Virginia-bred and two Maryland-bred stakes.
Ad exec-horse breeder-conservationist Bill Backer, who died May 13, was a “renaissance man” whose legacy, friends said, will be felt for generations.
“You give me 90 days, we could win a race at Charles Town,” says Frank Shipp, who managed ’91 Preakness winner Hansel’s career.
William Backer, the superstar advertising executive who was a longtime fixture in Virginia Thoroughbred breeding, has died at age 89.
Valid, the hard-hitting Virginia-bred trained by Marcus Vitali, controlled throughout to win today’s G3 Skip Away Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
The Virginia Equine Alliance announced plans for 2016 and 2017, with a two-week Thoroughbred meet slated for Morven Park in 2017.
Virginia Racing Commission executive secretary Bernie Hettel will step down, probably by the end of March, the Commission announced.
The Virginia Thoroughbred Association (VTA) has nearly 120 stallion seasons on offer for its annual two-day auction, which begins Wednesday.