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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. 

Walsh: Extravagant Kid To Remain Overseas, Target July Cup Sponsored by: Extravagant Kid at Abington Place Stables Following a strong third-place effort in the Group 1 King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot last week, trainer Brendan Walsh told TVG Insider News he plans to leave Extravagant Kid overseas to contest the G1 July Cup on Newmarket on July 10. “He's come out of (the King's Stand) good so we're going to leave him there and take a shot at the July Cup,” Walsh told TVG Insider News. “He's there and he ran so well at Ascot, so another 3-4 weeks there, why not? He's in a n...

Sponsored by: Extravagant Kid at Abington Place Stables All 11 American raiders have arrived in Newmarket ahead of their engagements at Royal Ascot next week, with Extravagant Kid and Maven eyeing G1 spoils in the King's Stand Stakes (16 confirmations) on the opening day, Tuesday June 15. The duo remain on course for a showdown with Europe's leading five-furlong sprinter Battaash (Charlie Hills), an easy winner of this race 12 months ago after agonising defeats at the hands of Blue Point in 2018 and 2019. Extravagant Kid (Brendan Walsh) touched down in England yesterday having not b...

Walsh-Trained Extravagant Kid Tunes Up At Keeneland For Upcoming Royal Ascot Trip Sponsored by: Extravagant Kid and Ryan Moore winning the Al Quoz Sprint for trainer Brendan Walsh DARRS Inc.'s veteran Extravagant Kid, who last won the $1 million Al Quoz Sprint (G1) Sponsored by Azizi Developments during the March 27 Dubai World Cup card, is preparing to compete at another prestigious international racing event: Royal Ascot in England. The 8-year-old gelding, who has won 15 of 50 starts and earned $1.58 million, is being considered for two races at Royal Ascot: the five-furlong King'...