Category: West Virginia

Charles Town: Dillow, House of Love seek consistency

by Ted Black | Feb 9, 2019 | Breaking, Features, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing | 1 |

Five-year-old House of Love has flashed talent in her career at Charles Town Races. Now trainer John Dillow seeks consistency.

Laurel, Charles Town cancel Thursday cards

by The Biz | Jan 30, 2019 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business, West Virginia, WV Business | 0 |

Predicted icy temperatures have led Laurel Park and Charles Town Races to cancel their Thursday cards.

Charles Town, Penn National announce cancellations

by The Biz | Jan 29, 2019 | Breaking, Business, PA Business, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, WV Business | 0 |

With nasty winter weather arriving in the Mid-Atlantic, Charles Town Races and Penn National both will miss some days this week.

Barbara Jo Rubin to be honored at Charles Town

by Press Release | Jan 29, 2019 | Breaking, Business, West Virginia, WV Business | 0 |

Barbara Jo Rubin, first American female jockey to win against men, will be feted Feb. 22 at Charles Town, where she earned her landmark win.

Late-arriving I Know Nothing making up for lost time

by Ted Black | Jan 28, 2019 | Breaking, Features, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |

Though late to reach the races, five-year-old I Know Nothing is making up for lost time for owner-trainer Crystal Pickett.

A tale of two fillies: B’s Wild Cork fashions solid ledger

by Ted Black | Jan 19, 2019 | Breaking, Features, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |

B’s Wild Cork has fashioned a solid career thus far, though she’s under the radar, overshadowed by a filly who broke her maiden the same night.

Stories that mattered in ’18: The rise of sports betting

by Doug McCoy | Jan 7, 2019 | Breaking, DE Business, Delaware, Features, New Jersey, NJ Business, PA Business, Pennsylvania, Regionwide, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Business | 0 |

Legalized in mid-year, sports betting was by the end of 2018 having significant impacts on the gambling landscape throughout the Mid-Atlantic.

Mandatory payout in Charles Town Pick 6 tonight

by Press Release | Dec 29, 2018 | Breaking, Business, West Virginia, WV Business | 1 |

Charles Town sports a carryover of more than $250,000 in its Pick 6, and it all gets paid out tonight!

Stories that mattered in ’18: Late Night Pow Wow runs to prominence

by Ted Black | Dec 27, 2018 | Breaking, Features, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |

We kick off a year-end series of 2018 stories that mattered in Mid-Atlantic racing and breeding with Late Night Pow Wow, the West Virginia-bred who ran to prominence late in the season.

Jocks Hiraldo, Rodriguez sentenced on drug charges

by Guest Author | Dec 14, 2018 | Breaking, Business, West Virginia, WV Business | 0 |

Charles Town-based Jockeys Christian Hiraldo and Guillermo Rodriguez were sentenced recently on cocaine possession charges.

WV Racing Commission approves Charles Town stakes schedule

by Frank Vespe | Dec 13, 2018 | Breaking, Business, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Business | 0 |

The West Virginia Racing Commission Thursday approved Charles Town’s 2019 stakes schedule — despite some of the same misgivings it had when it delayed approval last year.

“Crookedest foal” Ava O running on the straight and narrow

by Ted Black | Dec 7, 2018 | Breaking, Features, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |

When she was born, Ava O was the “crookedest foal” folks had ever seen, but with three wins in her last seven starts, she seems to have straightened things out.

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