Jock Denis Araujo making way through adversity
Denis Araujo was leading the Charles Town jockey colony in wins before a minor injury, visa problems, and Covid-19 hit. Now he’s working to build back.
Denis Araujo was leading the Charles Town jockey colony in wins before a minor injury, visa problems, and Covid-19 hit. Now he’s working to build back.
We provide picks and analysis for this evening’s card at Charles Town Races.
Charles Town unveiled a 2021 stakes schedule that includes, for the second time, running the Charles Town Classic and Oaks on the same day.
Favored Runnin’toluvya didn’t fire, but V. I. P. Ticket sure did, cruising to an easy victory in the A Huevo Stakes at Charles Town Races.
Two-year-old Like Segal impressed on debut at Charles Town, but owner-trainer Javier Contreras says he’s in no hurry – even if the horse is.
The fatal injury last week of Charles Town sprinter Dr. Feelgood left trainer Crystal Pickett and jockey Darius Thorpe saddened, and reflective.
Parisian Diva, last year’s top sophomore WV-bred filly, has only raced once in 2020 but is nearing her return to action.
Trainer Kristy Petty has sent out only three horses so far this year, but after the West Virginia Futurity, two of them are stakes-placed.
Knicks Go ran second in the 2018 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and will try it again in Saturday’s Mile. As in 2018 breeders Angie and Sabrina Moore will be there.
In a 50-year training career, Nancy Heil had never had a Maryland Million starter until today, when Karan’s Notion upset the Sprint.