Virginia Blog Cup
Saturday, April 23, 2011

MARYLAND GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE TODAY

›
2010 winner Across the Sky (Douglas Lees) The Maryland Grand National Steeplechase is today.  Positioned just two weeks prior to the Virg...
1 comment:

OUT OF THE ATTIC: OPERATION BISCUIT

›
Originally posted here May 1, 2007: Please help. While doing research for the post above , we made an unfortunate discovery of a group of...
Friday, April 22, 2011

PICTURES OF THE DAY

›
The Phillips Racing Partnership’s Winter Memories collared 42-1 longshot Dos Lunas in deep stretch to win the 23rd running of the $100,000 A...
Thursday, April 21, 2011

PROFILE OF RACE ANNOUNCER WILL O'KEEFE

›
The call of this year’s Virginia Gold Cup will be done by Will O’Keefe as it has been every year the famous race has been held at Great Mead...
1 comment:

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO...

›
Hmmm... The blog Shcwartzy had this to say about the 2010 Virginia Gold Cup. For those who don’t know, Gold Cup is an all day event locat...
2 comments:

PICTURES OF THE DAY

›
Runners race towards the finish in the Investec Asset Management Handicap Stakes over 5 furlongs during Epsom Races at Epsom racecourse on A...
Wednesday, April 20, 2011

FORMER KY DERBY FAVORITE BEING MONITORED CLOSELY

›
Trainer Todd Pletcher says Kentucky Derby contender Uncle Mo “needs to have a good 19 days” if he’s going to enter the Run for the Roses.  U...

PICTURE OF THE DAY

›
Daryl Jacob and Spe Salvi (L) jump the last fence a bit awkwardly ahead of Andrew Tinkler and Belle De Fontenay.   Spe Salvi would land on a...
Monday, April 18, 2011

OUT OF THE ATTIC: HOW'D THIS PARTY GET STARTED

›
Originally published on Virginia Blog Cup in April of 2007. Steeplechase races are offshoots of organized fox hunting. Fauquier and Loudoun...

PICTURES OF THE DAY

›
  Bon Caddo (Blair Wyatt, up) beats More Fascination (Jeff Murphy, up) to win the $35,000 My Lady's Manor Saturday. The race is traditi...
Sunday, April 17, 2011

2010 VA GOLD CUP RUNNER-UP BON CADDO WINS MY LADY’S MANOR

›
By Joe Clancy/ Steeplechase Times On a day filled with rain, wind, flying clouds, tornado warnings and a few hardy souls, veteran timber ho...

PICTURES OF THE DAY

›
Archarcharch and jockey Jon Court are led to the winners circle after winning the $1 million Arkansas Derby horse race at Oaklawn Park in Ho...
Saturday, April 16, 2011

PICTURES OF THE DAY

›
A trooper of the British Army's Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment grooms a horse during a media event at the Hyde Park Barracks in Lond...
Friday, April 15, 2011

PREP-RACE UPSETS LEAVE KENTUCKY DERBY WITH NO CLEAR FAVORITE

›
Uncle Mo Following, the Gold Cup, the Kentucky Derby is broadcast at Great Meadow.  This makes sense since the Kentucky Derby is the seco...
Thursday, April 14, 2011

Don’t Gamble On Missing The Fun

›
This week is your last week to enter the Virginia Lottery’s Foxfield/Gold Cup Race Experience Sweepstakes. If you love the experience of a ...

WHAT NOT TO WEAR

›
What to wear and what not to wear are staples of the Virginia Gold Cup and the Virginia Blog Cup as well. The Gold Cup proper will give you...

ACCESORIZE, ACCESORIZE, ACCESORIZE

›
(The Photo Agency) And not just the ladies, you men can get into the hat action as well.   Might save you some sunburn in addition to add...

NATS FANS: COME ON OUT TO THE GOLD CUP

›
Our Washington Nationals best known for misspelling things on uniforms and around the stadium and for losing games are off to a rock solid 5...

PICTURE OF THE DAY

›
A runner returns after the last race of the day at Newmarket racecourse on April 13, 2011 in Newmarket, England. (Photo by Alan Crowhurst/ G...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011

MINIATURE GIRAFFES TO RACE AT GOLD CUP(?)

›
Surely by now, you have seen the commercial with Russian billionaire “I Am Epic Win” featuring his miniature giraffe working out on a tread...

OUT OF THE ATTIC

›
This is where we bring back some classic posts annually because we can!  We first ran this post back in 2007, but it's worth revisiting ...

THE RUMOR MILL

›
Well, there’s a new big rumor swirling about from Washington D.C. all the way to Charlottesville, VA.     Seems as someone is planning to “c...

PICTURE OF THE DAY

›
Paul Hanagan riding Barefoot Lady (R) win The $80,000 Lanwades Stud Nell Gwyn Stakes Gr.3 at Newmarket racecourse on April 13, 2011 in Newma...
Tuesday, April 12, 2011

PICTURES OF THE DAY (SO FAR)

›
Just kidding! That’s really Elisabetta Gregoracci, wife of Italian businessman Flavio Briatore, posing with the peacock when they took their...
‹
›
Home
View web version
Powered by Blogger.