Author: Nick Hahn

VTA stallion auction offers huge variety

Posted by Nick Hahn | Feb 9, 2016 | Breaking, Breeding, Business, Top Stories, Virginia, Virginia Breeding, Virginia Business |

The Virginia Thoroughbred Association (VTA) has nearly 120 stallion seasons on offer for its annual two-day auction, which begins Wednesday.

Virginia Racing Commission slams Colonial proposals

Posted by Nick Hahn | Nov 18, 2015 | Breaking, Business, Top Stories, Virginia, Virginia Business |

At its meeting yesterday, the Virginia Racing Commission rejected several Colonial Downs proposals – and made clear it’s fed up with the company and its owner.

Virginia Racing Commission to hold five key hearings

Posted by Nick Hahn | Nov 12, 2015 | Breaking, Business, Top Stories, Virginia, Virginia Business |

At issue before the Virginia Racing Commission: Colonial Downs’s proposals to run 1 day of live racing 2015 and 4 in ’16, and its request to reopen 2 OTBs.

“The great ones create their own fate”

Posted by Nick Hahn | Nov 3, 2015 | Breaking, Opinion, Racing, Regionwide, Top Stories |

American Pharoah won the Breeders’ Cup Classic Saturday in his last race, It may have seemed like fate, but even fate might not have been able to catch him.