Kelsey Wagner’s Brooksforreal won his ninth straight race in wire-to-wire fashion and track record time Sunday in the $90,975 Virginia Breeder’s divisional championship for 2-Year-Old Colt & Gelding pacers at Shenandoah Downs. A total of eight Breeder’s titles for 2 and 3-year-olds were contested with $720,265 in purse money on the line. Trainer John Wagner’s […]
Author: Darrell Wood
Virginia Breeders’ $720,625 Championship Day Card Set for Sunday October 27 at Shenandoah Downs
Fields for the 27th annual Virginia’s Breeders Championships are set for this Sunday October 27th at Shenandoah Downs and will help usher out the fall racing season in Woodstock. Eight divisional championships featuring 2 and 3-year-old pacers and trotters of both sexes will be carded on the front end of the 14-race card and run […]
Former Baseball Player/Coach Michael Dailey Wins First Pari-Mutuel Harness Race as a Driver at Shenandoah Downs
Michael Dailey, fresh off a thirty-year career in baseball at the professional, college and high school levels — and just six months removed from finishing third in the Virginia Harness Horse Association’s (VHHA) “Own a Horse for a Day” promotion —completed a successful transition to harness racing professionally when he collected his first pari-mutuel driving […]
Lou’s Starr Authors New Shenandoah Downs Track Record for 2-Year-Olds
Daniel Chansky’s Lou’s Starr authored a new speed record for two-year-olds at Shenandoah Downs Saturday when the Sweet Lou colt pacer crossed in 1:53 2/5 under the direction of Fern Paquet Jr. The Scott Warnick trainee has dominated in all three of his Woodstock starts this fall though Saturday’s was the first in wire-to-wire fashion. […]
Led by Deterministic and Grand Mo the First, Grade 3 $500,000 Virginia Derby Attracts Intriguing Dozen
Made the top two choices in the morning line, Deterministic and Grand Mo the First headline a competitive field of 12 entered in the Grade 3 $500,000 New Kent County Virginia Derby, one of six turf stakes on Saturday, Sept. 7 at Colonial Downs. Both qualified for Kentucky Derby 150, and both have transitioned to […]
Shenandoah Downs Opens Its 2024 Fall Meet Saturday September 14 with Full Slate of Promotions
Shenandoah Downs raises the curtain on its ninth season of pari-mutuel harness racing September 14 in Woodstock and continues a 7-week fall meet through October 27 with race cards every Saturday and Sunday at 1:05 PM. Opening day features a commemorative baseball cap giveaway to the first 500 fans along with live blues & rock […]
Trombetta and Johnson Double Up on Commonwealth Champions Day at Colonial Downs
Trainer Mike Trombetta and owner Larry Johnson scored the natural double on Commonwealth Champions Day at Colonial Downs, as Hollywood Walk grabbed her first stakes score in the $150,000 Camptown and Sky’s Not Falling took the $150,000 Bert Allen Handicap. The connections were a nose away from a third score, as the filly Sail Theseven […]
Respected Virginia Horseman Lewis Wiley Passes Away
Lewis S. Wiley, a widely-respected horseman and cattle farmer and long-time Fauquier County resident, passed away peacefully at his family’s home, Gordonsdale Farm in The Plains, Virginia, on Sunday, August 11, 2024. He was 86. Born in Salem, Virginia, on June 30,1938 to James Langhorne Wiley and Camille Dawson Wiley Sullivan, Lewis attended North Cross […]
Paynted by Nancy Scores Grand Champion Honors at Virginia Breeder’s Fund Yearling Futurity August 26
Virginia-bred filly Paynted By Nancy scored Grand Champion honors at the Virginia Breeder’s Fund’s 23rd annual Yearling Futurity held August 26th at the Warrenton Horse Show Grounds. Owned by Daniel Wukich and bred by Quest Realty, the daughter of Paynter won the divisional title for Virginia-bred/sired fillies earlier in the day and advanced to the final round […]
Four-Day Shenandoah County Fair Harness Meet in Virginia Kicks off Wednesday August 28
The annual four-day harness racing meet at the Shenandoah County Fair in Woodstock kicks off Wednesday August 28 at 12 Noon with an 11-race card featuring 52 horses and $22,000 in purse money. Six pacing events will be contested to complement five trots. Five of the races Wednesday are exclusive to two-year-old horses including a […]
