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The Big Lep
04
Sep
  • Anthony Farrior
  • Blames Honey
  • Charles Town Races
  • Irish Jubalee
  • Karina Anna
  • Noble Ruling
  • The Big Lep
  • Tim Grams
  • Tricks R for Juba
  • West Virginia horse racing

CT: Two-year-old stakes picture coming into focus

  • Ted Black / 3 months
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Charles Town’s first two-year-old stakes of the year are coming up quickly, and the juvenile picture has begun to grow slightly clearer.

Teachintherelease
25
Aug
  • Charles Town Races
  • Duncan Idaho
  • Jeff Runco
  • Robert Cole Jr.
  • Stacey Viands
  • Teachintherelease
  • The Sky Is Falling
  • Time to Rock
  • West Virginia horse racing

WVBC starts to come in focus after CT stakes

  • Ted Black / 4 months
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Four state-bred stakes supporting Friday’s G2 Charles Town Classic helped to bring the October 11 West Virginia Breeders’ Classics into focus.

Banishing
23
Aug
  • Banishing
  • Charles Town Classic
  • Charles Town Races
  • David Jacobson
  • Lawrence Roman
  • Tyler Gaffalione
  • West Virginia horse racing

Banishing rallies to win Charles Town Classic

  • Ted Black / 4 months
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Banishing rallied for the top score of his career in Friday’s Grade 2 Charles Town Classic and has his connections thinking big.

Free Like a Girl
21
Aug
  • Charles Town Races
  • Chasey Pomier
  • Free Like a Girl
  • Mystic Lake
  • Pink Ribbon S.
  • Vahva
  • West Virginia horse racing

Under-the-radar Free Like a Girl returns for Pink Ribbon

  • Ted Black / 4 months
  • 0
  • 4 min read

She arrives with $2.5 million in the bank and is the Pink Ribbon Stakes defending champion. So why is Free Like a Girl 5-1 on the morning line?

Faster Gator
21
Aug
  • Anthony Farrior
  • Charles Town Races
  • Faster Gator
  • Robert Hilton Memorial S.
  • West Virginia horse racing

With CT win last out, Faster Gator aims at Hilton Memorial

  • Ted Black / 4 months
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Trainer Anthony Farrior believes Faster Gator has the ability to compete against top-level sprinters. He’ll test that theory in Charles Town’s Hilton Memorial.

Zip Start
20
Aug
  • Charles Town Oaks
  • Charles Town Races
  • Jeff Runco
  • West Virginia horse racing
  • Zip Start

Local hopeful Zip Start takes aim at CT Oaks

  • Ted Black / 4 months
  • 0
  • 4 min read

West Virginia-bred and -based Zip Start carries the Jeff Runco barn’s banner into Friday’s Grade 2 Charles Town Oaks, one of his nine runners on the card.

Life Is Daily
13
Aug
  • Charles Town Races
  • David Walters
  • Life Is Daily
  • West Virginia horse racing

Fast start but “something to prove” for Life Is Daily

  • Ted Black / 4 months
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Just like his dam, Life Is Daily is off to a fast start in his career. But trainer David Walters said the gelding still has “something to prove.”

Spotafreeone
20
Jul
  • Charles Town Races
  • Faster Gator
  • Jeff Runco
  • Pascaline
  • Robert G. Leavitt S.
  • Spotafreeone
  • West Virginia horse racing

CT: Spotafreeone upsets Pascaline in Leavitt

  • Ted Black / 5 months
  • 52
  • 5 min read

Pascaline was a strong favorite in his first visit to Charles Town, but local Spotafreeone had other ideas and upset the Robert Leavitt Stakes.

18
Jul
  • American Pharoah
  • Authentic
  • Deputed Testamony
  • Haskell Invitational
  • Maximum Security
  • Monmouth Park
  • New Jersey horse racing
  • Rachel Alexandra
  • Serena's Song

10 memorable Haskell Stakes moments

  • Ted Black / 5 months
  • 54
  • 6 min read

The Haskell Stakes has become one of the top destinations for three-year-olds in the country. Here are 10 memorable moments from previous Haskells.

Xcellent Start
09
Jul
  • Charles Town Races
  • Wade Sanderson
  • West Virginia horse racing
  • Xcellent Start

CT: It’s all about the finish for Xcellent Start

  • Ted Black / 5 months
  • 23
  • 5 min read

Claimed earlier this year, the inaptly named, late-running Xcellent Start may be nearing a return to stakes company for trainer Wade Sanderson.

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