Victor Bahna is the Managing Partner for Royal Victory Thoroughbreds and an active breeder of racehorses for the past 20 years. Victor brings a wealth of experience buying, breeding and retiring racehorses. Raised near Belmont Park in New York, Victor learned about racing first as a spectator and most recently as an owner. Victor claimed his first horse at Emerald Downs in 2005 and was instantly hooked. As a successful high-tech exec, Victor brings extensive business knowledge and experience from more than 30 years in leadership roles at Microsoft, ServiceNow and Nutanix.
Please also check out Victor’s debut novel, Heliacal Star, a Horseracing Thriller and multi-5-star reviewed novel published in July 2024.
We are thrilled to have Tim McCanna train our horses at Emerald Downs in Washington and at all California tracks! Tim is the second most winning trainer at Emerald Downs with more than 2,500 career wins and over $26 million in career earnings. Tim was inducted into the Washington Racing Hall of Fame in 2011 for his training achievements, including 10 Emerald Downs training titles. Tim maintains a consistency in excellence and is always amongst the highest percentage winning trainers every year. His many stakes winners include multiple stakes winner, TOP HARBOR six-time stakes winner and state champion QUEENLEDO. Other notable horses that Tim has trained include graded stakes winner JERSEY TOWN and GIN’s MAJESTY as well as POKER BRAD, REBALATION and of course, our personal favorite, Rooster City.
We are extremely fortunate to have our horses under the care of very successful training, A. Ferris Allen III in the MidAtlantic region covering Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Allen has saddled more than 2,300 winners and nearly $40 million in earnings during in his illustrious career including Grade II Stakes winning winner filly PASSEGGIATA (ARG) and stakes winners Chrusciki, Palette Knife, Miracle Wood, Love You Much, Wicked Awesome and Aunt Ellen. He is the All-Time leading trainer at Colonial Downs in Virgnia and is consistently ranked amongst the top trainers in Maryland. Ferris is also a charter member of the Maryland Trainers and Horsemans Association, serving on the board from 1986 through 2002 and was awarded Outstanding Service to Maryland Horseman in 1990.
