Carryovers, testy allowance spice Charles Town finale
The Biz
December 13, 2025
Four-year-old Neolithica has run poorly in back-to-back starts, but the 10-time winner nevertheless gets the nod as the 7-5 morning line favorite in Charles Town’s Saturday feature, a seven-furlong allowance/optional claimer for fillies and mares.
The race is the penultimate contest of the track’s 2025 season, and 12 are entered, though only 10 will start. The night begins with a pair of carryovers that must be paid out. The Jackpot Pick 6 has a carryover of $76,948, while the Pick 5 carryover is $30,988.
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Neolithica’s recent form is a concern on paper, but her overall body of work towers over this field. The Kieron Magee-trained filly has won six times this year alone and owns multiple front-running victories at seven furlongs. In fact, she’s 5-for-6 at this seven-furlong trip, including a hard-fought score at Laurel on Maryland Million day three starts back.
She is drawn toward the middle of the gate and figures to be prominently placed early under J.D. Acosta, with the expectation that a return to a cleaner trip could see her reassert herself against this group.
Ready to Rocknroll (5-1) appears to be the most intriguing alternative. The 3-year-old Bolt d’Oro filly has done little wrong since switching into Ronney Brown’s barn and to dirt at Charles Town. She graduated in her first local start and last out, following a runner-up try versus similar, galloped in $10,000 claiming company. She has tactical speed, proven local form, and continues to move forward for Ronney Brown.
Love to Eat (6-1), a five-time winner with plenty of early foot, also merits consideration after wiring a conditioned claiming field last out and could be dangerous if left alone on the front end.
Others looking to spice things up include Symptomatic (8-1), who doesn’t win much but has been second or third in four of seven starts at the distance, and Let’s Go Mo (12-1), a late-running veteran who bypassed a Friday contest for this one.
Also of interest is Silent Sky (10-1), who makes her local bow and first-ever start on dirt for trainer Kent Knudsen. She’s been running, often competitively, against better on the turf and synthetic at Woodbine.
While Neolithica is the class of the field despite her recent misfires, she will need to be on her game with several capable rivals lined up for a competitive Saturday night feature.
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