Owners Of Virginia-Bred Or -Sired Horses Earn Nearly $300,000 In 2020 Bonuses Sponsored by:
Mr. Buff scored a repeat victory in the Empire Classic on the Empire Showcase card at Belmont on Oct. 24, 2020
Nearly $300,000 in bonus monies was awarded to owners of Virginia-bred and -sired horses in 2020 courtesy of the Virginia Thoroughbred Association s (VTA) Mid-Atlantic Incentive program. A total of 57 owners, whose horses won at tracks in the Mid-Atlantic region, shared $299,574.75.
The initiative is just one of three offered annually by the VTA. Almost $1.8 million was awarded in the popular Certified Residency program while another $1 million was doled out to breeders in the Commonwealth via the Virginia Breeders Fund program.
Breeders’ Cup Presents Connections: Kimmel Acknowledges Bittersweet Start To 2021 Sponsored by:
Trainer John Kimmel
The racing results from Jan. 23 were bittersweet for veteran trainer John Kimmel. He sent out Pacific Gale to the first graded stakes win of her career at the age of six, but Kimmel was unable to celebrate the mare s win with his close friend and her late owner, Mike Morton.
Morton passed away suddenly in December, collapsing in the middle of the night. He d had horses in Kimmel s barn for over seven years, and the two grew particularly close after the death of Kimmel s own father in 2018.
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