PICTURE OF THE MORNING

EARLY RIDE. An early morning gallop at Cheltenham racecourse on March 15, 2010 in Cheltenham, England. The most famous steeplechase race in England, the Cheltenham Gold Cup, will be run on Friday, March 19 as the concluding event of the Cheltenham Festival.

(Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images Europe)

VA-BRED WINNERS

Casanova Move (f, 4yo), Langfuhr - Casanova Junction by Pleasant Colony. B - Evans Edward P. Gulfstream Park, 3 /13/2010, alwc, $22,200, 8 f, 1:37.84.

Goldie (f, 5yo), Hay Halo - Night Of Gold by Goldlust. B - Rouse Randolph D.Charles Town, 3 /10/2010, mdn clmg, $6,600, 9 f, 1:59.80.

Hawaiian Hula (f, 4yo), Two Punch - Hula Colony by Cherokee Colony. B - Iselin C. Oliver Mrs. III. Laurel Race Course, 3 /12/2010, mdn clmg, $5,700, 5.5 f, 1:07.83.

Political Reporter (g, 5yo), Silver Charm - Anakid by Danzig. B - Audley Farm.Charles Town, 3 /10/2010, clmg, $6,600, 6.5 f, 1:20.20. ($15,000, yrlg, 2006, ftmoct)

Quick Affair (f, 5yo), Black Tie Affair (IRE) - Toby's Girl by Thousandfold. B - B. Brooks Wheatley Jr. & Linda Anne Wheatley. Charles Town, 3 /12/2010, mdn clmg, $6,600, 7 f, 1:31.44.

Ready Charm (f, 4yo), More Than Ready - Ruler's Charm by Cape Town. B - Audley Farm, Inc. Sam Houston, 3 /11/2010, clmg, $4,920, 5 f, 0:59.22. ($20,000, yrlg, 2007, ftmoct)

FORMER VA-DERBY WINNER TOPS DUBAI WORLD CUP

Virginia-Derby winner and runner-up to Zenyatta in the 2009 Breeders' Cup Classic, Gio Ponti leads a 14-strong field of likely runners in the March 27 $10 million Dubai World Cup.

The Chris Clement-trained dirt specialist and ante-post favourite Gio Ponti tops the Dubai World Cup likely field announced this morning by the Board of the Dubai Racing Club.

Runners for the other seven races on Dubai World Cup night were also announced and all fields will be finalised at declaration stage on March 22.

European challengers Vision D'Etat and Twice over along with Saeed Bin Surour's Allybar and Masterly, Mike de Kock's Lizard's Desire, Mr Brock, Gloria De Campeao-last year's Dubai World Cup runner-up to Well Armed, Japanese hope and Maktoum Challenge Third Round winner Red Desire are part of the DWC field.

VRC TO VOTE ON BREEDERS FUND CHANGES

On Wednesday at its regular monthly meeting, the Virginia Racing Commission will vote on the 2010 Virginia Breeders Fund. A report was submitted last week by the VRC’s Breeders Fund Thoroughbred Task Force the recommended a series of changes and new programs.

After a series of meetings involving the Virginia H.B.P.A. and the Virginia Thoroughbred Association, the Task Force recommending changing the 100% bonus for the winners of open races at Colonial Downs to a 60% bonus for the first four finishers.

“While everybody likes the 100% bonus as a marketing campaign, the majority of the members of the VTA’s Breeders Fund Committee felt the cap on the program of $10,000 a race really undermined the credibility of the program,” said Glenn Petty, Executive Director of the VTA. “The sentiment was pretty clear ‘figure out how much money we have and pay a bonus first through fourth that matches that number,’ so the 60% simply reflects the amount of available funds.”

The 100% Owners bonus at Colonial Downs was instituted in 2008. Paying a full 100% on all purse amounts for registered Virginia-bred and Virginia-sired horses, the Fund generated bonus payments of $1.1 million. The popularity of the program created some positive “buzz” for Virginia-breds nationwide, but it literally depleted the Fund.

In the face of declining Breeders Fund revenues – the Fund has declined 27% over the past two years – the 100% bonus was capped at $10,000 per race in 2009. “As a result,” Petty explained, “some races had a 100% bonus and some didn’t.”

In addition, owners, trainers and breeders participating in the process all noted that second, thirds and fourths needed to compensated as well.

In addition, the Fund will pay a 25% purse supplement on races restricted to Virginia-bred/sired horses. For example, a Maiden Special Weight race which normally has a purse of $23,000 will be run for $28,750. (For more information, see post below.)

In addition, the program will continue to host six stake races restricted to registered Virginia-bred/sired horses.

Finally, the members of the VTA’s committee made it clear that they would like to see the ratio of the payouts of the fund return to the 2007 level of 50% to year-end stallion and breeders awards and 50% for purses and bonuses at Colonial Downs. These levels were written into the original regulations although the VRC has the right to change those amounts. In 2008 and 2009, the ratio was closer to 20% to 80%. Breeders feel like their efforts the other 325 days of the year need to be adequately compensated since the Colonial Downs’ meet is only 40 days long.

VRC Chairman Peter Burnett serves on the Task Force as attended several of the meetings including the final one where the final recommendations were crafted. We expect the report to be approved by the VRC on Wednesday.

THE CHALLENGE: FILLING VIRGINIA-BRED RACES

Year in and year out, it’s a classic chicken/egg problem. Virginia-bred/sired restricted races don’t fill because folks don’t enter in them. When asked, they say they don’t enter in them because they don’t fill…

While this has been going on annually since 1997 with only the Virginia-restricted maiden races filling, the stakeholders sat down following last year’s meet to address how better to deal with this issue. That meeting concluded with a resolve by all the parties to make every effort to write, fill and card more Virginia-bred races in 2010 at Colonial Downs.

(Keep in mind, this is complicated by the 60% bonus Virginia-breds will earn when they finish first through fourth in an open race. For some owners and trainers, the extra purse in the open race is sufficient reason not to run in a restricted race. This contraction makes the problem even harder to solve!)

That said, the first step turned out to be a component of the new purse contract between the Virginia H.B.P.A. and Colonial Downs. That contract now requires the CLN racing office to write two Virginia-bred races a week.

After a series of meetings involving Colonial Downs racing secretary Tyler Picklesimer and horsemen and breeders from all over the state it was agreed that those races would appear in the main body of the book and not as extras. Everybody thought that some “predictability” would help.

Secondly, the Breeders Fund will contribute an extra 25% purse supplement to these races. Subsequently, a $23,000 maiden race will offer a purse of $28,750 and a $5,000 claiming race with a $8,600 purse will offer $10,750 purse.

Finally, the combined stakeholders have retained the services of Jillian Tullock. Tullock works in the MJC racing office and she is going to work in the Colonial racing for the 2010 meet. Jillian has been dubbed unofficially “Virginia-bred Coordinator” as she is currently working on a data-base of Virginia-bred/sired horses. We have supplied her with all the information we have and we are hoping we can comply a great list from which to fill races.

Hopefully, we have done everything we can to solve the problem of filling the Virginia-restricted races. Last year 200 registered Va-bred/sired horses ran at Colonial Downs, but during the same time period another 200+ ran at other Mid-Atlantic racetracks.

It’s possible (and some folks argue this point) that there simply aren’t enough Virginia-bred/sired horses around, and, when combined with the open race bonus, we may never be able to fill many races other than maiden races. With about 900 two-, three- and four-year-old Virginia-bred/sired now available to CLN, it may simply be a math problem.

Last fall, we vowed to find out if we could sustain additional restricted races, and it appears that all of the stakeholders have gone to great lengths to try and find out the answer to that question.

VTA MEMBER MARKETPLACE

As a service to VTA members, we are providing space for free advertising. Contact the office for details – vta@vabred.org or 540-347-4313.

MARSH THOROUGHBRED FARM
EASTOBOUND – 17 h gelding, 2004 by Eastern Echo, out of Correspond by Cure The Blues. Won $72,910. Would be suitable for steeplechase. Price: $10,000.

THRIVING EMPIRE – 15.3 h gelding, 2006 by Unbridled Jet, out of Risky Notion by Genuine Reward. Unplaced in 3 races. Might be suitable as hunter/jumper. Price: $800.

ORKNEY SPRINGS – 16 h gelding, 2006, by Rock Slide, out of Lady’s Journal by Chromite. Unplaced in one start. Very good conformation – show quality. Price: $1,500.

MILESTONE – 16 h gelding, 1996, by Majesty’s Prince, out of Dreamy Native by Raise A Native. Sound. Pleasure horse. Price: Give away to good home.

If you are interested in any of these horses, contact the office and we will put you in contact with Hazel Marsh.

WEST VIRGINIA HOUSE RESTORES INCENTIVES

The West Virginia House of Delegates on Thursday voted 86-11 to pass legislation that would restore an in-state Thoroughbred breeding-incentive program for horsemen at two racetracks, including Charles Town Races & Slots. The bill is now headed to the Govenor’s office for his signature.

By the end of the fiscal year, the legislation is expected to be worth about $4.2 million to horsemen at Charles Town Races & Slots and the state’s other thoroughbred track at Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort.

The state code change proposes to divert excess video lottery money that has not been earmarked for something else to the breeder-incentive program. The legislation also changes the division of gaming receipts generated for regular purses at the racetracks to a proportional allocation, rather than an equal split among the tracks – a substantial advantage for Charles Town.

The last incentive payments by the West Virginia Racing Commission were made in June 2007.

To read more, click here.

SLOT OPPONENTS POISED TO BLOCK ARUNDEL MILLS PARLOR

In a move mirroring the one that shut live racing out of Loudoun County in the late 1990’s, oopponents of a slots casino at Arundel Mills mall appear to have enough signatures to force a voters' referendum in November that could block the largest site of the state's fledging slots effort.

The Anne Arundel County Board of Elections has accepted 19,054 signatures - more than the necessary 18,970 - on a petition to place a slots referendum on the fall ballot. The petition seeks to overturn a hard-won zoning measure to allow a 4,750-machine parlor to be built on a mall parking lot.Slots opponents submitted 40,407 signatures.

The elections board has until March 25 to complete the validation process, at which time the board would certify the accepted signatures.

To read more, click here.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“We saw what works. The player wants a better product with full fields. Looking into the future, we feel this is what racing in the country will look like. We’re cautiously optimistic that the model will work out. The goal is to sell more bets.”

-- Monmouth Park General Manager Robert Kulina on the just announced 50 day, $50 million live race meet at Monmouth Park. The new meet is dramatically shorter than the previous 151 day meet and will offer purses higher than Saratoga.

To read more, click here.

JACOBS RESIGNS FROM BOARD OF MTR GAMING

MTR Gaming Group, Inc. announced its fourth-quarter loss late last week. In additon, the company also announced the resignation of two of its board members, including the Chairman of the Board, Jeff Jacobs. Jacobs is also the chairman of Jacob’s Entertainment which owns and operates Colonial Downs.

The casino-operator posted a fiscal fourth-quarter loss of $24.2 million or 88 cents per share, which compares to a year-ago loss of $4.5 million, or 17 cents per share.

The company saw an adjusted fourth-quarter loss from continuing operations of 87 cents, widening from the year-ago adjusted loss of 17 cents a share.

Net revenue fell to $93.8 million, compared to net revenue last year of $101.3 million in the fourth quarter.

MTR Gaming also announced the resignation of Jeffrey P. Jacobs, chairman of the Board of Director, along with board member Stanley R. Gorom III. Steven M. Billick was elected to the board and will replace Jacobs as chairman.

Jacobs has noted he resigned to focus his attention on other company interests.

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PICTURES OF THE DAY

Zenyatta and Mike Smith after winning the $250,000 Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap Gr. I at Santa Anita Park on Saturday. Zenyatta will continue to prepare for the Apple Blossom Invitational Stakes Gr. I on April 9. (Photo Horsephotos.com/NTRA)

Sidney’s Candy and jockey Joe Talamo set dawdling fractions on the front end and capitalized by holding off Interactif to win the $150,000 San Felipe Stakes Gr. II on Saturday at Santa Anita Park. (Photo Horsephotos.com/NTRA)

Padua Stables’ Odysseus took a giant step in his journey to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands Gr. I with a dramatic late surge to win a photo finish over Schoolyard Dreams in the $300,000 Tampa Bay Derby Gr. III on Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs. (Photo Horsephotos.com/NTRA)

You and I Forever and Javier Castellano winning the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Handicap Gr. II on Saturday at Gulfstream Park. (Coglianese Photo)

Champion Lookin At Lucky and Garrett Gomez winning the $300,000 Rebel Stakes Gr.II at Oaklawn Park. (Photo by Jeff Coady/Coady Photography)

No Such Word and Terry Thompson inhaled front-runner Decelerator in the stretch and drove to a dominant 2 1/2-length victory in the $125,000 Honeybee Stakes Gr. III on Saturday at Oaklawn Park. (Photo by Jeff Coady/Coady Photography)

In a photo provided by Gulfstream Park, Warbling, with jockey Julien Leparoux, captures the $200,000 Inside Information Stakes Gr. II at Gulfstream Park on Sunday, March 14, 2010, in Hallandale Beach, Fla.

In this photo released by Fair Grounds Race Course, Zardana, left, with David Flores aboard, races down the stretch against Rachel Alexandra and jockey Calvin Borel during the New Orleans Ladies Stakes on Satruday, March 13, 2010, at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans. Zardana won the race. Rachel Alexandra's connections announced after the race that she will be skipping the Apple Blossom invitational in April.

Sweet Goodbye and J. D. Acosta win the $70,000 Conniver Stakes at Laurel Park on Saturday. (Photo by Jim McCue/MJC)

Go Native (r) leads the Willie Mullins string around the gallops at Cheltenham racecourse on March 14, 2010 in Cheltenham, England. (Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images Europe)

Meanus Dandy and Ruby Walsh jump the last to win The paddypower.com Handicap Steeple Chase run at Sandown Park on March 13, 2010 in Esher, England. (Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images Europe)

Leith Innes riding Banchee (center) wins the Auckland Diamond Stakes during the SkyCity Diamond Day meeting at Ellerslie on March 13, 2010 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images AsiaPac)

Opie Bosson riding Vosne Romanee (center - yellow silks) hangs at the back of the pack before winning the SkyCity New Zealand Stakes during the SkyCity Diamond Day meeting at Ellerslie on March 13, 2010 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images AsiaPac)

Jockey Nicholas Hall riding Zipping wins Race 8 the Darley Australian Cup from Sirmione ridden by Luke Nolen during the Super Family Day meeting at Flemington Racecourse on March 13, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Mark Dadswell/Getty Images AsiaPac)

NEW BENEFITS FOR VTA MEMBERS (FREE DUES)

Keep an eye on your mail if you are a member of the Virginia Thoroughbred Association. Currently our Membership Committee, under the guidance of new board member Leanne Hester, is developing some additional benefits for being a VTA member.

Members are now eligible for a 10% discount at tractor supply with a coupon. You must have the coupon (with a valid bar code) to get the discount, and you must be a member to get the coupon. Having said that, think how quickly you can save as much or more than your annual dues with savings at this great store. Members will be receiving coupons in the mail shortly. For additional coupons, contact the VTA office.

The Membership Committee is also finalizing a 10% discount coupon with Blue Seal Feeds.

Finally, we also currently have an arrangement for discounted stud fees for stallions standing at Naylee Farm in West Virginia. Go to http://www.nayleefarm.com/ for info on their stallions and contact the office for info about the discount.

As always, we appreciate the support of our members, and we hope that you will consider joining today. For more info, click here.

With all these discounts, your membership dues can end up being absolutely FREE!

VIRGINIA-BRED WINNERS

Cozy Lion (c, 4yo), Tale Of The Cat - Cuando by Lord At War (ARG). B - Edward P. Evans. Gulfstream Park, 3 /5 /2010, alwc, $22,200, 11 f, 2:14.38. ($310,000, yrlg, 2007, keesep)

Dignified Air (f, 5yo), Grand Slam - Ministorm by Storm Cat. B - Evans Edward P.Fair Grounds, 3 /1 /2010, mdn clmg, $13,800, 7.5 f, 1:34.56. ($50,000, rac age, 2009, keejan)

Gran Tenor (g, 6yo), Dixieland Band - Panama Canal by Gulch. B - Edward P. Evans.Sunland, 3 /5 /2010, alwc, $16,200, 6.5 f, 1:17.06. ($25,000, yrlg, 2005, keesep)

Kid Rigo (g, 12yo), Summer Squall - Higher Learning by Fappiano. B - Paul Mellon.Delta Downs, 3 /4 /2010, str alwc, $11,700, 8 f, 1:42.32. ($12,000, yrlg, 1999, keesep)

Rocket Defense (f, 4yo), Peace Rules - Seemslikearocket by Beau Genius. B - Audley Farm. Laurel Race Course, 3 /3 /2010, alwc, $19,380, 6 f, 1:10.58.

Rogersville (g, 4yo), Newfoundland - Maryland Parkway by Mogambo. B - Chance Farm. Charles Town, 3 /6 /2010, clmg, $6,600, 7 f, 1:27.02. ($5,500, yrlg, 2007, ftkoct)

Salaam Alaykum (f, 3yo), Saint Liam - Our Legacy by Kingmambo. B - Evans Edward P. Gulfstream Park, 3 /7 /2010, mdn sp wgt, $21,000, 8 f, 1:35.31.

That'sthequestion (c, 3yo), Holy Bull - What Do I Do by Two Smart. B - R. Larry Johnson. Charles Town, 3 /3 /2010, alwc, $16,200, 4.5 f, 0:52.55.

Virginia Harbour (f, 3yo), Inner Harbour - Trillora Gold by Strike Gold. B - Wingate Joy Anne. Charles Town, 3 /4 /2010, mdn sp wgt, $15,600, 4.5 f, 0:53.49.

DICK FRANCIS TRIBUTE THURSDAY

Horse Country Saddlery will host a reception in appreciation of literary legend Richard Stanley “Dick” Francis Thursday, March 11 from 6 to 8 pm at the Iron Bridge Wine Company in Warrenton, VA.

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FREE PASS

We have a Horsemen car pass for the Warrenton Hunt Point-to-Point this Saturday March 13 at Airlie Race Course. The pass is free to any VTA member. First come, first served. Stop by the office and pick up the pass. You might call first 540-347-4313 to make sure it is still available.

There are nine races on Saturday's card with the first post at 12:30 pm.

WAGERING DOWN AGAIN IN FEBRUARY

Thoroughbred handle declined again in February falling another 13% from $999,805,298 in 2009 to $869,807,865 in 2010.

Purses also declined again from $65,795,844 last February to $56,960,510 this February.

For the year, wagering has declined 12.5% and purses have declined 11.6%.

FREE EQUINE LAW SENIMAR AT TRI-COUNTY FEEDS

Virginia equine attorney, Bruce R. Smith, will offer a free one hour seminar entitled
Legal Issues Affecting Horse and Farm Owners at Tri-County Feeds on Saturday, march 13, 2010 at 2:00 pm.

Topics to be discussed include landowners' legal duties, liability prevention, preventing and respond to trespassing, boarding and lease arrangements, LLC's and other equine business forms, relevant tax law changes and zoning and environmental issues affecting farm owners.

Attendees will have an opportunity to have their questions answered by an experienced attorney.

Smith is a popular speaker and has been a presenter at various horse conferences including Equine Extravaganza and the National Equine Law Conference. At this year's National Equine Law Conference in Lexington, Kentucky in late April he will be presenting on Fraud in Equine Sale Transactions.

Smith has his own law practice located in Fairfax County. He is a horse owner himself and for over fifteen years he has represented horse farms, breeders, riders and trainers in racing, showing and a variety of other equine pursuits.

If you would like to attend please call 703-750-2651 or brucesmithlaw@aol.com. For more information go to http://www.brucesmithlaw.com/.

Tri-County Feeds, Etc. is located at 7408 John Marshall Highway and their telephone number is 540-364-1891.

PICTURES OF THE DAY

Jim’s Prospect and Vladimir Diaz winning Saturday's $70,000 Wide Country Stakes at Laurel Park. (Photo by Jim McCue/MJC)

Misremembered with jockey Martin Garcia held off Neko Bay and Mike Smith to win the Grade I, $750,000 Santa Anita Handicap on Saturday, March 6, 2010 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif.

In this photo provided by Benoit Photo, Alphie's Bet with jockey Alex Solis wins the Grade III, $150,0000 Sham Stakes horse race on Saturday, March 6, 2010 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif.

In a photo provided by Fair Grounds Race Course, Tensas Cat with jockey John Jacinto wins the 26th running of the Gentilly Stakes horse race on the Fair Grounds turf course Saturday, March 6, 2010, in New Orleans.

This March 6, 2010, file photo provided by the New York Racing Association, shows Awesome Act, Julien Leparoux up, winning The Gotham Stakes horse race at Aqueduct Race Track in New York.

Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, with exercise rider Dominic Terry aboard, puts in her final timed workout in advance of Saturday’s $200,000 New Orleans Ladies, Monday March 8, 2010, at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans.

In a photo provided by the New York Racing Association, Understatement, with jockey David Cohen, captures the Stymie horse race at Aqueduct on Sunday, March 7, 2010, in New York.

Barry Geraghty riding Big Fella Thanks (4) jumps the water fence with Tony McCoy riding Can't Buy Time and goes on to win The Raymond Mould Supporting Greatwood Gold Cup Handicap Steeple Chase at Newbury Racecourse on March 6, 2010 in Newbury, England. (Photo by Christopher Lee/Getty Images Europe)

Michael Walker celebrates aboard Military Move as he returns to scale after winning win race 8 The Telecom New Zealand Derby during the Telecom Derby Day meeting at Ellerslie Racecoourse on March 6, 2010 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Ross Land/Getty Images AsiaPac)

Richard Hills won the inaugural Meydan Masters jockey competition Meydan Masters competition at the new Meydan racecourse in Dubai on 5 March. (Photo by Horsephotos.com)

Richard Hills winner of the inaugural Meydan Masters wins the Meydan Classic Leg 2 aboard Sirocco Breeze. (Photo by Horsephotos.com)

BREEDER OF BELMONT WINNER HERMEN GREENBERG DEAD AT 89

Hermen Greenberg, a major real estate developer, philanthropist and Thoroughbred breeder died on Sunday, February 28th. Mr. Greenberg was 89-years-old.

Mr. Greenberg was a World War II veteran (US Army Master Sergeant) who served in Africa and Europe. He was an avid fisherman when he wasn’t working and a major developer in the Washington DC Metropolitan area when he was.

As philanthropist supporting the arts, Mr. Greenberg supported the FBI children programs, Mt Vernon, The Kennedy Center and the Washington International Horse Show, among others.

Operating at his Rutledge Farm in Middleburg, Virginia, Mr. Greenberg bred 1993 Belmont Stakes winner Colonial Affair. By Virginia-bred sire and Kentucky Derby winner Pleasant Colony, Virginia-bred Colonial Affair was sold at Saratoga to Don Little’s Centennial Farm.

Amassing over $1.6 million in earnings for Centennial, Colonial Affair also won the Jockey Club Gold Cup Gr.I and the Whitney Stakes Gr.I.

His Belmont win was a historic event as rider Julie Krone became the first female jockey to ever win a Triple Crown race.

In 2008, Colonial Affair was enshrined into the Virginia Thoroughbred Hall of Fame and Mr. Greenberg travelled to Colonial Downs to accept the award.

Long a supporter of the M.A.R.E. Center in Middleburg, Mr. Greenberg purchased graded stakes winner Researcher from that organization’s annual yearling sale. Researcher has gone on to win over $780,000 including the Charles Town Classic, the Queens County Handicap Gr. III and the Mountaineer Mile.

Mr. Greenberg also bred top steeplechaser Sur La Te who won $681,820 including the Iroquois Steeplechase in 2005 and 2006.

He is survived by his wife Monica, children Richard Greenberg, Sheri Waddell, and Aleco Bravo-Greenberg, and three grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to The FBI Citizens Academy Alumni Association, 2237 33rd Street, N.E. Washington DC 20018 or The Adas Israel Congregation c/o The Children''s Fund, 2850 Quebec Street Northwest,Washington, DC 20008-5296.

(Photo at birthday party by John Arundel/via Flickr)

VIRGINIA-BRED RACE WINNERS

Angels Edgy Side (f, 3yo), The Cliff's Edge - Angel Kisses by Private Account. B - Tim Condon. Laurel Race Course, 2 /25/2010, mdn clmg, $5,130, 6 f, 1:14.50.

Blues Doctor (g, 4yo), Makin - Mystery Blues by Border Guard. B - Digon Judith N.
Charles Town, 2 /28/2010, mdn clmg, $6,600, 4.5 f, 0:54.13.

Love Conquers (g, 8yo), Not For Love - Java Jade by Java Gold. B - Hector Alcalde.
Tampa Bay Downs, 2 /28/2010, clmg, $9,000, 8.5 f, 1:41.29. ($21,000, yrlg, 2003, ftmsep; $50,000, 2yo, 2004, ftmmay)

Lovely Night (f, 6yo), Makin - Midnite Cat by Farma Way. B - Shapiro Hilde R.
Charles Town, 2 /28/2010, clmg, $6,600, 4.5 f, 0:53.91.

Miss Fashion (f, 6yo), Prospect Bay - Baby Sitter by Chenin Blanc. B - High Mountain Farm LLC. Charles Town, 2 /25/2010, alwc, $16,800, 6.5 f, 1:21.70.

Ready For Bear (f, 3yo), Gators N Bears - Ready Room by Fit To Fight. B - Richards, Althea D. Charles Town, 2 /26/2010, clmg, $9,600, 4.5 f, 0:54.10.