Category: WV Racing

Runco’s maidens, Ghost Fever and more: Charles Town racing week

by Frank Vespe | Mar 24, 2019 | Breaking, Racing, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |

We catch up with the week in Charles Town racing.

Ghost Fever looking to follow in big bros’ steps

by Ted Black | Mar 22, 2019 | Breaking, Features, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |

Ghost Fever – full sis to local stars Hidden Canyon and Bullets Fever – is belatedly blazing her own trail with three straight wins.

Moonlit Song towers over Charles Town allowance

by Frank Vespe | Mar 13, 2019 | Breaking, Racing, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |

Moonlit Song is odds-on to take an open, West Virginia-bred allowance Thursday at Charles Town Races.

Hero’s Man looks to build on super debut

by Ted Black | Mar 5, 2019 | Breaking, Features, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |

Hero’s Man dazzled in his debut at Charles Town and may be poised to be the latest stellar runner from owner-trainer-breeder James W. Casey’s operation.

For pioneer Rubin, history takes back seat to horses

by Frank Vespe | Feb 26, 2019 | Breaking, Features, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing | 1 |

For Barbara Jo Rubin, the first woman to win a US race, it was always about the horses – and never about the history she made.

Mini Bolt strikes, breaks maiden in 51st start

by Ted Black | Feb 20, 2019 | Breaking, Features, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |

Mini Bolt gave owner-trainer Nelsi Roman-Salon the best Valentine’s Day present of all: a maiden-breaking win that was also her first as a trainer.

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.

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: 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.

“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.

Parisian Diva dominates in Eleanor Casey Memorial

by Frank Vespe | Dec 2, 2018 | Breaking, Racing, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |

Parisian Diva was tons the best in a facile, five-length score in Saturday’s Eleanor Casey Memorial Stakes at Charles Town.

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