Grade 1 winner Diversify makes his season debut in Saturday’s Grade 2 Charles Town Classic and is primed for a big effort, says trainer Rick Violette.
Young trainer Lela Hanagan has won with five of 15 runners this year at Charles Town, led by her talented (and creatively named) homebred Court Date.
The family of jockey Carlos Castro, hit by a train last month, is thankful he survived – but facing a daunting future.
The teaming of trainer Jeff Runco and owner-breeder O’Sullivan Farm has paid early dividends, with a pair of promising youngsters earning recent maiden wins.
Jockey Arnaldo Bocachica mostly plies his trade at Charles Town but says he’ll follow stakes winner Lewisfield wherever the road may lead.
Jockey Xavier Perez was jubilant after steering Anna’s Bandit to a stakes win that could mark his, and his horse’s, re-emergence on the local scene.
Fairweather Friend had bad luck getting to the track, but owner-trainer Elizabeth Meehan hopes that’s all behind her talented gelding.
Trainer Javier Contreras won three races at Charles Town on Valentine’s Day – but was initially baffled when a friend called him Mr. Valentine.
Three-year-old Maryland-bred Still Having Fun took the next step on the Preakness trail, winning today’s Miracle Wood at Laurel Park.
Young trainer Kristy Gazzier, a Charles Town native just starting her second year training, says she “wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.”