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The annual Virginia Breeder’s Awards program has been scheduled at Great Meadow Friday May 6th — the evening before the Virginia Gold Cup Races — in a return to more of a “normal times” format for the first time since 2019. The event will take place in a trackside tent on Member’s Hill overlooking the deep stretch and finish line areas where steeplechase horses are set to compete the next afternoon. A list of awards to be presented that night follows. 

In a field of well-seasoned sprinters for the kick-off of the 2022 Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred Championships (MATCH) Series April 16 at Laurel Park, it was the lightly raced Disco Pharoah who took the lead in the final furlong and pulled away to win the $100,000 Frank Y. Whiteley Stakes.

The well-traveled Sir Alfred James, graded stakes-placed War Tocsin, and recent $50,000 claim Borracho are entered for the Frank Y. Whiteley

Luna Belle, Maryland’s champion 2-year-old filly that has gone unbeaten through three starts at 3, goes after her fifth consecutive victory

Live horse racing starts again at Colonial Downs in New Kent County on July 11 and runs through Sept. 7.

For the sixth year in a row, America’s Best Racing is challenging some of the brightest minds in horse betting to come up with their top three picks for key races every weekend leading up to the 2022 Triple Crown and then continuing through the 2022 Breeders’ Cup World Championships. The handicappers face off in what we like to call the “Big Race Showdown.”

Rosie’s Gaming Emporiums have a growing economic footprint in Southwest Virginia with a Vinton location recently expanded and one in Collinsville newly opened.

Rosie’s Gaming Emporiums have a growing economic footprint in Southwest Virginia with a Vinton location recently expanded and one in Collinsville newly opened.

The Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred Championships Series (MATCH), the only one of its kind in racing, returns for a 9th season in 2022

The tears flowed for Mrs. Cobb following his Feb. 19 stakes victory as she spoke about how much her late husband adored Mr Money Bags.