Charles Town returns to action with full fields and the return of local star Parisian Diva, who makes her season debut on Friday.
After a nearly-two-month break, Charles Town Races is now scheduled to resume live racing on May 14.
The more fortunate trainers at Charles Town can focus on keeping their horses fit, but for those less fortunate the coronavirus emergency could be dire.
Grade 2 Charles Town Classic champ Runnin’toluvya makes his season debut in a tough allowance that highlights a really good Charles Town card Saturday.
Miracle Wood winner Lebda cruised home to win the Private Terms Stakes Saturday at Laurel, giving trainer Claudio Gonzalez two stakes wins on the day.
Sunday’s WV-bred awards honored the best West Virginia-breds, and in several categories, the voters couldn’t pick just one.
February seems to be Javier Contreras’ month, and the trainer has continued his run of good Februaries with two stakes wins at Charles Town.
Lebda, in the Miracle Wood, and Naughty Thoughts, in the Wide Country, posted front-running upset scores in two Laurel sophomore stakes.
A trio of recent maiden winners – College Kid, Star of Night, and Late Night Pow Wow’s little brother Muad’dib – gave notice they’re ones to watch.
Two Charles Town-based trainers – Glenn Harrison and Michael Jones, Jr. – recorded their first career stakes wins in January with big upsets.