Skippylongstocking went right to the front and never looked back to earn his biggest payday in the Grade 2, $1 million Charles Town Classic Friday.
On a day when speed killed, out-of-town riders said the key to Charles Town was having the right horse — including Charles Town Oaks winner Vahva.
Once a $25,000 claim, four-year-old Benevengo is favored in Friday’s Russell Road Stakes, and his owner thinks the best is yet to come.
The 2023 Timonium race meet is set to kick off August 25 with seven days of live racing at a meet topped by two stakes and plenty of events.
‘From the Spa’ keeps you up to speed with all the Midlantic-breds running in Saratoga stakes this summer.
Trainer Jeff Runco has horses in six stakes Friday night at Charles Town, including Muad’dib, bidding for an upset in the Grade 2 Charles Town Classic.
It took Super Accelerate six tries to break his maiden, but the Maryland-bred will enter Friday’s Hilton Memorial at Charles Town on a 3-race heater.
A full field will face morning line favorite Hoosier Philly in Friday’s renewal of the G3 Charles Town Oaks, the nation’s richest sprint for 3yo fillies.
This year’s edition of the Grade 2 Charles Town Classic has attracted a wide-open full field, with Skippylongstocking and Doppelganger among the contenders.
Your five-minute read to catch up on all the Mid-Atlantic racing action you may have missed over the weekend…
Axel Concepcion, an 18-year-old apprentice rider, logged the first stakes win of his career aboard Field Pass in Saturday’s Find Stakes at Laurel Park.
Two-time stakes winner will look for a third when she returns to state-bred company in Saturday’s All Brandy Stakes at Laurel Park.
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