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April 30th, 2016
UPDATE: Giant Valley’s win no surprise to Lesmore Smith

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- While many regarded the Governor’s Cup win by Tortola’s Giant Valley at the Carnival Races at Clinton E. Phipps Racetrack in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands on April 29, 2016 as an upset, horse owner Lesmore Smith was hardly surprised.

April 26th, 2016
My Pal Shawn & St Moose to renew rivalry @ STT Carnival Races this Friday

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI – Optimism is high among Virgin Islands horse owners as the St Thomas, USVI Carnival races on April 29, 2016 at Clinton E. Phipps racetrack fast approach.

February 25th, 2016
RVIPF, Top Priority, get explosive detection training

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Top Priority Security Services, owned by Lesmore Smith, has recently embarked on an explosive detection training seminar from which three officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) and four officers of Top Priority Security Services benefited.

February 25th, 2016
Keen competition expected @ all-Tortola races on Feb 28, 2016

SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – An all Tortola event is upcoming this Sunday February 28, 2016 as the Virgin Islands Horse Owners' Association stages its race meet featuring five races. Horse owners are pumped with expectation of their animals doing well.

February 9th, 2016
USVI horse owners displeased with condition of Ellis Thomas Downs!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A number of horse owners both in the Virgin Islands and in the neighbouring United States Virgin Islands believe that the track surface at Ellis Thomas Downs in Sea Cows Bay has not been getting the maintenance that it needs and thus posed a potential danger to horses.

May 31st, 2015
UPDATE: Pre-Fathers’ Day feature race a disappointment

SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI - The National Democratic Party-sponsored feature race of the Pre-Father’s Day meet today, May 31, 2015 turned out to be a huge disappointment as it was deemed unofficial due to a false start.

April 27th, 2015
3 Tortola horses in STT's Governor’s Cup

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, USVI – Three Tortola horses, Doughmaker, Chilean Boy and Trading Secrets will go head to head with Uptown Anthem, Giant Valley and Break Up The Game in the Governor’s Cup – the feature race on May 1, 2015 at the Clinton E. Phipps Race Track, St. Thomas, USVI.

April 9th, 2015
Anticipation builds ahead of April 12 races @ Ellis Thomas Downs

SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – As the days countdown to Sunday April 12, 2015, excitement builds with persons anticipating a hot showdown between Apollo Sky and Doughmaker in the feature race at Ellis Thomas Downs in Sea Cows Bay.

February 26th, 2015
Doughmaker vs St Moose highlights STT Race Card

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI - The Triple Crown may be dead and buried for another year, but the excitement is growing for the Races scheduled for the Clinton E. Phipps Track in St Thomas, USVI, on Sunday March 1, 2015, when no fewer than ten Tortola horses could be competing for nearly $45,000 in purse money.

December 9th, 2014
UPDATE: Karen B. Smith-Aaron reelected for 3rd term as Horse Owners Pres.

SEA COW’S BAY, Tortola, VI – Karen B. Smith-Aaron has been reelected to a third consecutive term as President of the Virgin Islands Horse Owners’ Association in their elections held at Ellis Thomas Downs, Sea Cow’s Bay, Tortola this evening December 9, 2014.

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