Saturday’s Commonwealth Oaks and state-bred races at Laurel Park were a huge success. But what, if anything, does that say about Virginia’s future racing?
Virginia horsemen are moving forward with a plan for racing in the Commonwealth. But a new move by Colonial Downs may keep state OTBs shuttered.
The future remains murky, the Virginia Racing Commission learned, with the present characterized by shuttered facilities, withheld payments, and failed negotiations.
With the clock ticking and no 2015 race meeting scheduled, the Virginia Racing Commission will meet tomorrow in Richmond.
Flat racers will share the spotlight with steeplechase runners on Virginia Gold Cup day, May 2, when three flat races will be run in addition to the jump races.
With legislation to govern Virginia racing now passed, new questions abound: Where and when will racing take place? And who will run it?
The fog may be lifting and the ice thawing in a Virginia racing dispute that canceled the 2014 Colonial Downs meet.
Saturday’s International Gold Cup at Great Meadow will include both steeplechase and flat racing and could be a blueprint for racing’s Virginia future.
EZ Horseplay, the advance deposit wagering company owned by Colonial Downs, has filed for arbitration against the state horsemen’s group, VHBPA officials said.
The Virginia Racing Commission convened on a gray October day in Richmond, which was only foreshadowing what was to come next.