Some tracks canceled Saturday, but the show went on at Laurel Park, and trainers and riders told us how they beat the heat.
The speedy Maggie’s Girl has won her first two starts and, for trainer Tim Grams, conjured up memories of a couple of earlier distaff stars.
Jubawithatwist became Charles Town’s first two-year-old winner of the year on a June 30 card that featured first-out winners in starring roles.
Two-time WV-bred horse of the year Muad’dib snapped a brief losing streak June 16, and his connections are targeting the biggest local race.
Last-out stakes winner Lucylou Who headlines a contentious group of WV-breds set to contest Charles Town’s Fancy Buckles Stakes Saturday.
Jockey Arnaldo Bocachica reached the 2,500-win plateau for his career May 20 at Charles Town, and the local leading rider shows no signs of slowing down.
Trainer Damon Dilodovico took Pimlico Special hopeful Armando R for $16,000 — but takes no credit for the astute claim.
Filly Great Spirit and colt Honeyquist are among eight runners set to face the starter in Saturday’s Coin Collector Stakes at Charles Town Races.
Great Spirit, the undefeated half-sister to crack Charles Town sprinter Dr. Feelgood, seeks her first-ever stakes win in Saturday’s Its Binn Too Long.
In his long career, Charles Town director of racing Charlie McIntosh has pretty much seen it all, including horses and dogs racing on the same card.