Researcher struck blow for the home team in first CT Classic
The Charles Town Classic has always attracted good horses in search of a payday. But in the first running, local-
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The three open stakes on the Charles Town Classic undercard -- the Sugar Maple, Hilton Memorial, and Russell Road Stakes-
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Stanford, Imperative, G1 winners lead CT Classic noms
Defending champ Stanford, 2014 winner Imperative, and six Grade 1 winners are among 72 horses nominated to the G2 Charles-
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Moonlit Song heads trio of WV-bred allowance winners
Moonlit Song, Cuttin Edge Tech, and Lies and Scandals, who faced each other February 15, all won Charles Town allowances-
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Ultra-consistent Ronney Brown just keeps on winnin’
Two of the best horses to run for trainer Ronney Brown have Charles Town stakes named after them - but-
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For jack-of-all trades Gaffney, a burgeoning career and a new reason to stay home
He's been a groom, a jock's agent, an on-air analyst. Now trainer Hubert Gaffney has a growing barn -- and-
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Charles Town jockeys: Alternate stats
Which Charles Town jocks and trainers are having big years? Our new metric points to some you'd expect - and-
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Grams’s outfit looks to outrun modest size
Trainer Tim Grams and his wife Judy have a modest breeding operation which has thrown plenty of useful runners, the-
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Turnbull, Roll leading from behind — the camera
At many tracks young women are prominent in front of the camera as racing analysts; at Charles Town Katherine Turnbull-
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Late-arriving Follow the Notion making a belated mark
Follow the Notion didn't race till age three and didn't find his stride until five. Now six, the late-arriving runner-
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