*Originally posted on www.pilotonline.com on 12/7/2024, written by Lindsay Hurt* Since joining New Kent County as the director of economic development and tourism, I’ve been asked a lot what I love about it here and what makes this community so special. The answer is easy. It’s the people who choose to live, work and play […]
Author: Aidan Turnage-Barney
Five Star General Stallion to Stand at Covilar’s Owl Hollow Farm in Virginia
*Originally posted on covilar.com on 12/9/2024* Floyd, Virginia — December 9, 2024 — Covilar LLC (“Covilar”) is pleased to announce acquisition of 50% ownership in Five Star General through a strategic partnership with existing owner Kenny Alhadeff. Five Star General, whose nickname is “Ike,” after U.S. President and five-star general Dwight D. Eisenhower, will stand […]
Deadline to Register Stallions for the Virginia Harness Horse Association’s Sired Stakes Program is December 1
The Virginia Harness Horse Association (VHHA)’s deadline to register stallions for the Virginia Sired Stakes 2025 breeding season is December 1. Now three years old, the Sired Stake initiative complements the VHHA’s Breeder’s Fund Race program and Certified Residency program — in an effort to keep standardbred racing in the Commonwealth moving forward. Sired Stake […]
Montpelier Hunt Race’s Recap
*Originally Posted on November 8th on nationalsteeplechase.com, photos courtesy of Douglas Lees* The fourth and final fall steeplechase meet in the Commonwealth of Virginia took place on the lawn of President James Madison’s estate in Montpelier Station, northeast of Charlottesville, featuring an eight-race card worth $245,000. Headlining the event was the Grade 3 $75,000 Noel […]
First Lady Suzanne S. Youngkin and Governor Glenn Youngkin Announce Fifth 2024 Spirit of Virginia Award Recipients
*Press release distributed by the Office of the First Lady on November 1st, 2024, Photos by Shealah Craighead* Yesterday, Governor Glenn Youngkin and First Lady Suzanne S. Youngkin awarded the fifth 2024 Spirit of Virginia Awards to the Virginia Horse Center Foundation in recognition of its exceptional contributions to Virginia’s equestrian community and its impact […]
Lest We Forget: Majestic Prince Earned His Name, But Arts And Letters Earned Respect
Originally posted on Paulickreport.com on 10/22/2024, written by Elizabeth Martiniak Arts and Letters is among the many Virginia-Bred horses in the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame The first Kentucky Derby I remember watching was 1969, won by the drop-dead gorgeous Majestic Prince. My first Preakness came next, and once again, Majestic Prince won, […]
Brooksforreal Rewrites Record Book for Second Straight Week at Shenandoah Downs; $720,625 Virginia Breeder’s Championship Day Set for this Sunday
Kelsey Wagner’s Brooksforreal shattered the track record for 2-year-old gelding pacers — for the second straight week — when he captured an $8,000 Virginia Breeders elimination division Sunday at Shenandoah Downs. The son of Rusty’s For Real tripped the timer in his wire-to-wire performance in 1:54 1/5, nearly two seconds better than his 1:56.0 effort […]
Virginia Fall Races Recap
Originally posted on 10/17/2024 on nationalsteeplechase.com At Glenwood Park in Middleburg… Mystic Strike prevails in battle of the ages Two grand old men of timber racing, with a combined 21 stakes victories, battled it out in the $50,000 National Sporting Library & Museum Cup at the Virginia Fall Races, and when the dust cleared it […]
Cathy Rutherford Memorial Race – in Memory of Shenandoah Downs’ Beloved Paddock Judge
OBITUARY: Catherine A Rutherford, age 58 of Martinsville, Illinois died Saturday, September 28, 2024, at 3:40 p.m. at her home following her valiant battle against breast cancer. Cathy was born February 18,1966 in Manistee, MI the daughter of Kenneth & Elizabeth Rutherford. She graduated from Decatur (MI) High School with the Class of 1984 and had […]
Support Breast Cancer Awareness on Saturday at Shenandoah Downs
Originally written by Whitney Minnick and posted by Daily News-Network on 10/17/2024 The American Cancer Society estimates that nationwide, one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. In Virginia’s Central Shenandoah Health District, which encompasses Harrisonburg, the top cancer from 2016 to 2020 was female breast cancer, with an incidence rate of about […]
