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WOODSTOCK, VA —- 8/27/2024 —- The annual four-day harness racing meet at the Shenandoah County Fair in Woodstock kicks off Wednesday (August 28) at 12:00 noon with an 11-race card featuring 52 horses and $22,000 in purse money. Six pacing events will be contested to complement five trots. Five of the races Wednesday are exclusive […]
WOODSTOCK, VA – 9/1/2023 – Chuck Perry’s John’s Dream (Dream Away), the Shenandoah Downs track record holder, made his first appearance at this year’s four-day Shenandoah County Fair count in a big way by capturing Friday’s “winners over” harness racing pacing event by six lengths in a meet best 1:55 3/5. His “Downs” mark of […]
(WOODSTOCK, VA — 8/30/2023) —- Driver Robert McNeight’s comeback from a near fatal car accident in March, 2022 reached new heights today during the Shenandoah County Fair’s meet kickoff card in Woodstock. The 37-year-old captured two trotting races aboard trainer Lou Goans’ Feathers Finale and Show The Will — his second and third Fair wins […]
WOODSTOCK, VA — 2/1/2023 — Racing applications for the inaugural spring harness racing season at Shenandoah Downs — which runs from April 1 – May 14 — are now available at vhha.net. All horsemen wishing to compete in the first of two pari-mutuel meets in Woodstock this year must fill out an application and return […]
WOODSTOCK, VA A four-day harness racing meet at the 105th annual Shenandoah County Fair wrapped up Saturday with a record number of races conducted and record amount of purse monies distributed. A total of 36 races were contested under sunny skies all four days. A total of $72,000 in purse monies were doled out as […]
WOODSTOCK, VA — 8/26/2022 – Fans that attend harness racing at the Shenandoah County Fair this year will have something extra special in store besides four days of pacing and trotting action during the August 31 – September 3 campaign. Eight attendees over the four days will win a unique chance to “Own a Horse […]
