Gov’t should take “bigger interest” in horseracing - Fraser
Third District Representative, Hon. Julian Fraser, RA made this appeal during the last House of Assembly Sitting on May 10, 2012.
An avid fan of the sport, Hon. Fraser pointed out that the success of the Triple Crown is an indication of how the sport is evolving on Tortola, St. Thomas and St. Croix.
“Government has to recognise how important horseracing is, for what it does because people in droves travel to the different tracks on these islands. So I am proposing that the Premier [Dr. D. Orlando Smith] take a bigger interest in the Triple Crown…we can have over in these Virgin Islands the USVI Governor at that event in an official capacity,” the District Representative stated.
He made reference to the vast interest that the United States of America (USA) Triple Crown has garnered, and the international appeal it has achieved. “It’s amazing that we have the same Triple Crown.”
To accomplish this, Hon. Fraser added, is to have the facilities at Ellis Thomas Downs race track upgraded.
“Premier I am urging you to look at it for what it has, the horses are running, they are alive. Come this August the president of the Horse Owners’ Association will be organising and is in constant motion trying to develop the track. We want to have a top notch, world class facility and the only way that is going to happen is to get the full co-operation of Government and whatever economic assistance in terms of development,” he emphasised.
The next step for VI horseracing is to get the horses to compete in Puerto Rico, Hon. Fraser stated, which could be made possible by expanding the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
“…because things are developing so positively I am sure that with Government’s intervention and working with the Horse Owners’ Association something like that is attainable,” the District Representative said.
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