Virginia-bred Stellar Wind is up for an Eclipse Award tonite (Saturday Jan. 16) and you can view the ceremonies live via video streaming at www.xpressbet.com starting at 6:30 PM.

Hronis Racing’s Stellar Wind and jockey Victor Espinoza win the Grade I $400,000 Santa Anita Oaks Saturday, April 4, 2015 at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, CA.
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Bred by Peggy Augustus’ Keswick Stables & Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings, LLC, the daughter of Curlin is a finalist in the 3 Year Old… Continue reading →

Our thoughts go out to the family of longtime VTA member Tony Smith who sadly passed away last Sunday. Over the years, Smith who raced under the name of Concepts Unlimited, was a familiar face at Colonial Downs. He could be found in Nellie Mae Cox’s box enjoying the races and cheering on  his horses along with partners and friends Nellie Mae Cox, Anne and John Tucker, and Bob and Beverly Bouse.  All Giving was the most accomplished… Continue reading →

The Virginia Thoroughbred Association (VTA) 19-person Board of Directors is now set for 2016 after elections late last year and based on the ballot results, ten winning candidates will begin serving a two year term from January 1, 2016 thru December 31, 2017. That group will join nine other board members who are midway through their current term — Dr. Maurice “Tim” Casey III, Wayne Chatfield-Taylor, Donna Dennehy, Gillian Gordon-Moore, Susan Hart,… Continue reading →

A “give and take” session between a representative from Twin Spires and the Virginia Racing Commission (VRC) took place at Wednesday’s (January 6) meeting of the Virginia Racing Commission, which was held in the Patrick Henry Building in downtown Richmond. Controversial topics included a perceived improper hearing notice, the termination date of Twin Spires’ most recent license to accept wagers in Virginia, and their status of being non-compliant in regards… Continue reading →

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of former VTA member Hugh Motley. Motley a highly-regarded horseman from Keswick, Va., who started his own bloodstock agency and sold Thoroughbreds at many of America’s top sales, died in Wellington, Fla., on Jan. 9 of complications from pneumonia. He was 60.

Motley began riding as a child when his family moved from Virginia Beach to Keswick when he was 10. For more than 25 years he also had his own… Continue reading →