Virginia Thoroughbred Blog

December 2007 - Posts

• BAIRD KILELD IN CAR CRASH
  Dec 31 2007, 01:02 PM

  West Virginia-based trainer Dale Baird, the winningest thoroughbred trainer with more than 9,400 victories, died in a crash along an icy highway when he lost control of his pickup truck while hauling a livestock trailer Sunday, Dec. 23, 2007 in Eastern... Post Reactions

• EVANS' NIGHT LIGHT WINS N.Y. STAKE
  Dec 31 2007, 12:53 PM

  by Jason Shandler, The Blood-Horse Edward P. Evans' Nite Light stalked the pace, took over at the half-mile pole and easily extended his lead in the stretch, taking the $75,000 Gallant Fox Handicap by 10 comfortable lengths, and in the process denied... Post Reactions

• MINOR PURCHASES HISTORIC PROPERTY
  Dec 24 2007, 11:57 AM

  Virginia entrepreneur, Halsey Minor has purchased Carter's Grove Plantation -- an 18th-century mansion built by one of Virginia's founding families -- for $15.3 million from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. The property includes a Georgian... Post Reactions

• 2008 COLONIAL MEET AT 45 DAYS
  Dec 24 2007, 11:44 AM

  (By Nick Hahn/Blood-Horse) Seeking overall growth in horse racing, the Virginia Racing Commission Dec. 19 extended Colonial Downs’ request for 40 days of live Thoroughbred racing to 45 for 2008. While the number of days was set, factors could affect the... Post Reactions

• HAPPY HOLIDAYS
  Dec 18 2007, 12:29 PM

  From everyone at the Virginia Thoroughbred Association and the Virginia H.B.P.A., the warmest wishes for this holiday season! Read More... Post Reactions

• IS MAGNA SUICIDAL OR JUST PLAIN DUMB?
  Dec 06 2007, 12:42 PM

  Every time I get a little bit exasperated with racing and breeding here in good old Virginia, I simply glance north to Maryland. Last week’s news of the firing of popular track executive Lou Raffetto made we wonder if, in fact, Magna is suicidal and Maryland... Post Reactions

• EVE FOUT 1929-2007
  Dec 06 2007, 12:41 PM

  (By: Arthur W. Arundel, Publisher, Fauquier Times-Democrat - 12/05/2007) Eve Prime Fout of the Plains, a giant in open space land protection and horse sports in Virginia, died Wednesday, Dec. 5, at the University of Virginia Hospital after a brief illness... Post Reactions

• MID-ATLANTIC STEROIDS BAN OFFICIAL
  Dec 03 2007, 11:20 AM

  ( http://www.bloodhorse.com/ - by Tom LaMarra) As expected, states in the Mid-Atlantic region have announced they are working to implement a ban on anabolic steroids in racehorses effective April 1, 2008. The regulations in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey... Post Reactions

• PICTURE OF THE DAY
  Dec 03 2007, 11:16 AM

  LEGENDS. Bill Hartack on board legendary sire Northern Dancer in the winner's circle following the Kentucky Derby with owner/breeder E.P. Taylor. Read More... Post Reactions