Category: WV Business

Rogers getting good reviews as CT race secretary

by Ted Black | Dec 23, 2019 | Breaking, Features, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Business | 0 |

With six months in the job, Charles Town Racing Secretary Elizabeth Rogers is earning plaudits from coworkers and trainers alike.

West Virginia commission to take steps on equine safety

by Press Release | Nov 13, 2019 | Breaking, Business, West Virginia, WV Business | 0 |

The West Virginia Racing Commission announced it willhire an equine medical director, establish a medical review board, and take other equine-safety steps.

Genaro: Mountaineer questions need answers

by Teresa Genaro | Oct 31, 2019 | Breaking, Opinion, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Business | 1 |

The euthanized Mountaineer Park horse dumped in a landfill raises troubling questions, opines Teresa Genaro. Why won’t anyone in the industry answer them?

Charles Town adds three days of live racing

by Press Release | Sep 5, 2019 | Breaking, Business, West Virginia, WV Business | 0 |

Charles Town will to its live racing calendar with three November Wednesdays added to the 2019 slate.

Charles Town horsemen hope purse boost spurs growth

by Ted Black | Aug 8, 2019 | Breaking, Business, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Business | 0 |

Charles Town purses go up by about 17% starting tonight, and local horsemen hope the boost can bring horses and owners back to the track.

Roger Ramey, longtime fixture at Charles Town Races, passes

by Press Release | Aug 6, 2019 | Breaking, Business, West Virginia, WV Business | 0 |

Roger Ramey, who helped Charles Town Races attain passage of legislation permitting slot machines, passed away August 1 at the age of 85.

Charles Town to see 17% purse hike

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

Charles Town Races will increase purses by about 17 percent, the result of recent legislation that returns to the track moneys that had earlier been taken from it.