
From the Spa: August 29 Midlantic-breds in Saratoga stakes
‘From the Spa’ keeps you up to speed with all the Midlantic-breds running in Saratoga stakes this summer.

‘From the Spa’ keeps you up to speed with all the Midlantic-breds running in Saratoga stakes this summer.

What looked on paper like a wide-open Charles Town Classic turned out to be anything but as Sleepy Eyes Todd romped to a record-setting victory.

Fly On Angel threw down testing early fractions and then had just enough to hold off the closers to win the Grade 3 Charles Town Oaks Friday night.

With the big name jocks home because of Covid-19, local riders spread the wealth around, with six different jocks winning stakes.

Off to the Races Radio returns August 29 with a lively show looking back at Friday’s big Charles Town races, looking ahead to next week’s Kentucky Derby, and more.

With Covid-19 keeping big-name jockeys home, riders based at Charles Town get a big and rare opportunity to have live mounts in graded races this evening.

The state Racing Commission Thursday agreed to trim Maryland-bred bonuses for the rest of 2020 to about 80% of prior levels, a result of the pandemic’s economic effects.

Wellbourne Farms will take over Northview-PA, Charles Town hosts a big night, and more, in the week in social media.

Riding after missing two weeks since testing positive for Covid-19, jockey Trevor McCarthy suffered an ankle injury and will be off his weekend mounts.

‘From the Spa’ keeps you up to speed with all the Midlantic-breds running in Saratoga stakes this summer.

Grade 3 winners Mischevious Alex and Dean Martini are among 20 nominees to the Federico Tesio Stakes on Labor Day – the last local prep for the Preakness.

Trainer Jeff Runco, who won the first two runnings of the Charles Town Classic, has three live runners in stakes on this year’s Classic undercard.
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