Virginia Stallion Registrations Due December 1 November 27, 2024 The Virginia Harness Horse Association's (VHHA) deadline to register stallions for the Virginia Sired Stakes 2025 breeding season is Dec 1.
Virginia Residency Program Award Monies Distributed January 25, 2024 The Virginia Harness Horse Association announced that $700,000 in certified bonus monies for foals of 2020 and 2021 will be distributed from races held in 2023.
Virginia Stallion Roster Announced For 2024 January 11, 2024 The Virginia Harness Horse Association (VHHA), which introduced a lucrative Sired Stakes program in 2022, announced that 19 stallions will be standing in the state for the 2024 breeding season.
Promos Pepper Spring Return To Shenandoah Downs March 22, 2023 The first ever spring pari-mutuel harness racing season at Shenandoah Downs -- scheduled to begin April 1 and continue through May 14 -- will offer a slate of promotions to lure race fans including a ...
Virginia Certified Bonus Monies Awarded March 01, 2023 The Virginia Harness Horse Association (VHHA) announced $500,000 in Virginia Certified bonus awards were distributed among 67 two and three-year-old horses that qualified for the residency program in ...
Virginia Stakes Program Blossoms January 18, 2023 The Virginia Harness Horse Association (VHHA), which introduced a new Sired Stakes program last year, announced that the number of stallions standing in the state for the 2023 breeding season has rise...
Virginia Stallion Auction To Benefit Retired Standardbreds March 09, 2022 Interested in a value priced breeding to a stallion standing in the state of Virginia which benefits a worthy non-profit at the same time?
Shenandoah Fall Harness Meet Increases March 07, 2022 Virginia harness racing is poised to take another step forward this fall when Shenandoah Downs ushers in its seventh season of pari-mutuel harness racing beginning September 16 and continuing through ...
Virginia Certified Bonus Award Winners Announced February 14, 2022 The Virginia Harness Horse Association announced on Monday, Feb. 14 that 25 Virginia-Certified horses from the 2019 foal crop -- the first to be eligible in a new lucrative residency initiative -- wil...
New Stakes Program A Boost For Virginia January 13, 2022 The Virginia Harness Horse Association (VHHA), which introduced a new Sired Stakes program in mid-November, announced that the number of stallions standing in the state has risen from five, in 2021, t...
New Sired Stakes Program For Virginia November 05, 2021 The Virginia Harness Horse Association (VHHA) is excited to introduce a new Virginia Sired Stakes program starting with the 2022 breeding season, for foals of 2023.
Winning Start For Va. Residency Program July 01, 2021 Virginia's new Certified Residency program got off to a flying start June 22, when the first two program graduates of the 2019 foal crop reached the winner's circle on the same day and at the same tra...
Race Dates Announced In Virginia February 22, 2021 Dates and post times for the sixth annual fall harness racing season at Shenandoah Downs in Woodstock have been announced, pending Virginia Racing Commission approval.