
Charles Town releases 2016 calendar
Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races will hold 179 live racing cards in 2016.

Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races will hold 179 live racing cards in 2016.

The Maryland Racing Commission voted yesterday to uphold a stewards’ decision not to disqualify Maryland Million winner Corvus for an isoxsuprine positive.

In our weekly column, we feature a regional horse who caught our attention. This week: Lucy N Ethel, who remained perfect with a 13-length allowance score.

In our Midlantic weekend stakes wrap: Valid and Aye a Song win, and Stiffed rallies for third.

A parade of longshots led to another carryover in the Laurel Park rainbow 6 heading into Sunday, and the Pick 5 has a carryover, as well.

Olympic skier Bode Miller was all smiles after his Hold On Momma rolled to a win at first asking at Laurel Park Saturday.

Laurel Park’s jackpot Rainbow 6 will have a carryover of $43,830 into Saturday’s live card.

What’s on tap: a regional stake, a Top Midlantic-bred, and a region-bred in graded company.

Saturday night’s Eleanor Casey Memorial closes out the 2015 Charles Town stakes schedule with an intriguing matchup of talented juvenile fillies.

King Leatherbury announced this week he’d bring 9-year-old Ben’s Cat back for 2016. Though some doubt the wisdom, our correspondent’s not one of them.

Ben’s Cat will skip the year-end Dave’s Friend Stakes, trainer King Leatherbury said today, and look towards a return to racing in the spring of 2016.
Gelo Hall, the legendary Maryland racetracker who attended the Seabiscuit-War Admiral match race and later worked in racing for over 60 years, has died.
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