By james art 
(Woodstock, VA – 2/20/2025) – The Virginia Harnes Horses Association (VHHA) announced that $ 800,000 in 2024. Bonus funds were awarded to 2 and 3-year-old horses participating in his lucrative certified residence program. A total of $ 400,000 were distributed to the owners of 50 horses located in 2021 and another $ 400,000 for the owners of 68 horses, downloaded in 2022.
The best overall bonus was winning was the Platinum proposal, the Les Givens TroTing Mare, which pockets of $ 31,548. In 2024, she banned 195 031 dollars from nine wins, including stabbing in Virginia’s 3-year-old Filly Trotting series at Shenandoah Downs. El Platinum’s daughter scored both in $ 8,000 elimination legs and in the conclusion of $ 90,000. Her biggest victory came to the Standardbred Breeders Fund worth $ 110,000 in Dover Downs in December. The 2021 Maryland stallion spent six months at Robert McKim’s Standardbred Farm in a balloon, Virginia before the start of her racing career, to meet the eligibility requirements for the VHHA residence program.
Other horses, won by a top bonus from ’21 stallions, included quite a few ($ 23,277), Gerald goalkeeper ($ 20,415), Kissapotamus ($ 17 456) and Bwording Away ($ 17,381). A total of 50 horses received awards.
Quite a few, a dusty gelding winner trained by Carlo Polyseno, had 21 starts and won $ 110,676, including a Virginia Bradess championship win at 3-year-old Trus Colt/Gelding, which was carrying a $ 86,000 bag. Gerald’s a Keeper and Bwight Away finished second in the relevant divisions of Virginia breeders. The former ended behind Pretty Two Two in Woodstock, but reached the circle of winners in a pair of $ 87,500 finals of Sire Stake Maryland. The last was a runner up at $ 34,400 $ 3,400, the Colt/Gelding-One of the 16 start of Tracy Bradshaw’s trainee made in Woodstock. Horses earn double points that apply to the Bonus Residence Awards from launching Virginia track. Kissapotamus, who spent his residence in the community in the Betsy Brown’s Woodstock Farm area, competed in the New York chain and won $ 40,928 in a purse profit.
The best bonus profitable among FOALS 2022 was Louprint, an intern of Ron Burke, who banns $ 737,939 from only ten starts. Sweet Lou Colt closed his freshman campaign, winning the pace of $ 700,000 colt Colt/Gelding breeders with Meadowlands head. His seasonal sign of 1:48 4/5 came to the Sire Stakes victory of $ 400,000 in Red Mile on September 15th. Pennsylvania derived from the six -month Virginia residence at Elmington Farm in Beriville and won a $ 23,952 bonus award.
The next winning bonus in order was KJ Thirteen ($ 21,099), Rusty Lancelot ($ 19,361), Foxi Ai ($ 17,649) and Manet Manne Charlie ($ 16,560).
The thirteenth had a solid 2024 campaign, ending with four packs of wins, seconds and third of only 14 starts. Trotting Filly finished second in his $ 94,500 Virginia title match and won his $ 87,000 divisional division finale. The Pacer Rusty Lanselot was raised in Virginia at the Andrew Scheller Farm in Gloucester and bankrupt $ 72,145 in its freshman, while the consistent Trotter Foxy Amee – who competed at WoodBine Mohawk Park and won $ 1009 S Mane Man Charlie competed in various New York Harnsy songs in the Excelsior series early in the year after finishing first and second in Virginia Breeders Prep Races last fall.
In the VHHA residence program, stallion crops compete for $ 400,000 in certified bonus every year as 2 and 3 years. Certified horses can also compete as 4 and 5-year-olds in the $ 25,000 mountain racing series divisions at Shenandoah Downs. The horses participating in the program must complete a 6-month residence in a registered Virginia farm before they are two years old.
To determine the bonus awards, horses earn points throughout the year on the basis of the purses won in competitions – one dollar point earned with a 5,000 -point race cap. At the end of each calendar year, points are added for all horses and a number per dollar is determined at each point. The harvest from the 2021 stallion won. Horses get double points from all one night races held in Virginia.
The Shenandoah Downs racing season this year includes a 7-week spring match (April 26-June) and a 7-week autumn meeting (October 13-26). Racing Applications for the Spring Meeting are due on March 1 and can be available on Shenandoahdowns.comS
For details for the race, contact the Karen Falyaron Race Secretary at 732-239-0281. For details on the certified program, visit vhha.net Or call Debbie Warnik on 443-463-0917.
from Darrell WoodFor the Virginia Horses Association