Virginia Harness Horse Association

Dancer Hall winning at Woodbine Mohawk Park

New Stallions In Virginia

February 11, 2026

The Virginia Harness Horse Association (VHHA), which added a lucrative Sired Stakes initiative to its portfolio of incentive programs in 2022, announced several new stallions among the 15 stallions th...

Virginia Residency Program Award Monies Distributed

February 20, 2025

The Virginia Harness Horse Association (VHHA) announced on Thursday, Feb. 20 that $800,000 USD in 2024 bonus monies were awarded to two and three-year-old horses that participated in its lucrative Cer...

Harness racing at Shenandoah Downs

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.

Call Me Goo winning at Woodbine Mohawk Park

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.

Harness racing at Shenandoah Downs

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.

Harness racing at Shenandoah Downs

Promos Pepper Spring Return To Shenandoah Downs

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 ...

Big Daddy D racing at Harrington Raceway

Virginia Certified Bonus Monies Awarded

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 ...

Harness racing at Shenandoah Downs

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...

Gregory Pecs

Virginia Stallion Auction To Benefit Retired Standardbreds

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?

Harness racing at Shenandoah Downs

Shenandoah Fall Harness Meet Increases

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 ...

Harness racing at Shenandoah Downs

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.