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Arnaldo Bocachica
03
Oct
  • Arnaldo Bocachica
  • Charles Town Races
  • West Virginia Breeders Classics
  • West Virginia horse racing

Arnaldo Bocachica: milestone “reminded me how much I worked”

  • Ted Black / 7 months
  • 0
  • 5 min read

Jockey Arnaldo Bocachica thought he’d be lucky to get to 1000 wins, so hitting 3,000 on Wednesday was a reminder of all that went into the milestone.

Tico Grande
23
Sep
  • Charles Town
  • Hasty Rebel Stables
  • Jane Anderson
  • Linda Dollinger-Stehr
  • Tico Grande
  • West Virginia horse racing

Tico Grande helps Dollinger-Stehr, Hasty Rebel to big night

  • Ted Black / 8 months
  • 0
  • 6 min read

Trainer Linda Dollinger-Stehr and owner-breeder Jane Anderson-Harper’s Hasty Rebel Stables kicked off September in a big way.

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 / 8 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 / 9 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 / 9 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 / 9 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 / 9 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 / 9 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 / 9 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 / 10 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.

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