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Carnival Races Success Sets Stage for Pre-Emancipation Day Event on June 30

“I’m still smiling ear to ear as I look back on photos and talk with everybody about it,” said David Edmonds, representative of Southland Gaming, as he reflected on the Carnival horse races at the Clinton E. Phipps racetrack.‌ Edmonds was speaking at Friday’s meeting of the St. Thomas/St. John horse racing committee, providing a synopsis of the May 3 event. He noted that through a vigorous and concerted team effort, which culminated with a round-the-clock work schedule leading up to race day, all promised infrastructure was in place for the first official race day in eight years. Now, Mr. Edmonds says, attention is focused on Phase 3 of the project. After the immense push to ensure that things were ready for the races, “we took about a week to recollect ourselves,” he said, “but we’re all back on site.” There are still a few “button up” tasks to be completed – finishing touches to the grandstand, jockey and vet areas – but once those are out of the way, the next bit of work to be don...