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Banishing
23
Aug
  • Banishing
  • Charles Town Classic
  • Charles Town Races
  • David Jacobson
  • Lawrence Roman
  • Tyler Gaffalione
  • West Virginia horse racing

Banishing rallies to win Charles Town Classic

  • Ted Black / 7 months
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Banishing rallied for the top score of his career in Friday’s Grade 2 Charles Town Classic and has his connections thinking big.

Skippylongstocking
21
Aug
  • Charles Town Classic
  • Charles Town Oaks
  • Charles Town Races
  • handicapping
  • West Virginia horse racing

Charles Town Classic/Oaks: Horse by horse

  • The Biz / 7 months
  • 0
  • 4 min read

We dig into Friday’s G2 Charles Town Classic and G2 Charles Town Oaks with a horse-by-horse analysis.

Skippylongstocking
19
Aug
  • Awesome Aaron
  • Charles Town Classic
  • Charles Town Races
  • Saffie Joseph Jr.
  • Skippylongstocking
  • West Virginia horse racing

Skippylongstocking to bid for third CT Classic

  • The Biz / 7 months
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Six-year-old Skippylongstocking will bid for an unprecedented third consecutive Charles Town Classic win in Friday’s big race.

Teachintherelease
19
Feb
  • Charles Town Classic
  • Charles Town Oaks
  • Charles Town Races
  • West Virginia Breeders Classics
  • West Virginia horse racing

Charles Town releases 2025 stakes schedule

  • Press Release / 1 year
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Charles Town’s 2025 stakes schedule, which closely mirrors its 2024 calendar, kicks off April 12, with the track’s biggest day set for Aug. 22.

Skippylongstocking
24
Aug
  • Charles Town Classic
  • Charles Town Races
  • Jose Ortiz
  • Saffie Joseph Jr.
  • Skippylongstocking
  • West Virginia horse racing

Skippylongstocking doubles up in Charles Town Classic

  • Ted Black / 2 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

Skippylongstocking showed ’em his heels Friday night to become the third runner to win the Grade 2, $1 million Charles Town Classic in consecutive years.

Coastal Mission
21
Aug
  • Charles Town Classic
  • Charles Town Races
  • Coastal Mission
  • Duncan Idaho
  • Jeff Runco
  • Muad'dib
  • West Virginia horse racing

Runco takes aim at CT Classic with Coastal Mission

  • Ted Black / 2 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

Coastal Mission, second in back-to-back graded stakes, will take his biggest swing yet when the Jeff Runco trainee runs in Friday’s Charles Town Classic.

Skippylongstocking
26
Aug
  • Charles Town Classic
  • Charles Town Races
  • Saffie Joseph Jr.
  • Skippylongstocking
  • Tyler Gaffalione
  • West Virginia horse racing

Skippylongstocking romps to Charles Town Classic win

  • Ted Black / 3 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

Skippylongstocking went right to the front and never looked back to earn his biggest payday in the Grade 2, $1 million Charles Town Classic Friday.

Muad'dib Funkhouser Memorial
24
Aug
  • Charles Town Classic
  • Charles Town Races
  • Coastal Mission
  • Jeff Runco
  • Muad'dib
  • Penguin Power
  • Russell Road S.
  • Social Chic
  • The Sky Is Falling
  • West Virginia horse racing

On busy night, Jeff Runco hoping for Classic luck

  • Ted Black / 3 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

Trainer Jeff Runco has horses in six stakes Friday night at Charles Town, including Muad’dib, bidding for an upset in the Grade 2 Charles Town Classic.

Skipplylongstocking
23
Aug
  • Charles Town Classic
  • Charles Town Races
  • Doppelganger
  • Giant Game
  • Mike Puhich
  • Saffie Joseph Jr.
  • Skippylongstocking
  • West Virginia horse racing

Full field to tackle wide-open Charles Town Classic

  • Press Release / 3 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

This year’s edition of the Grade 2 Charles Town Classic has attracted a wide-open full field, with Skippylongstocking and Doppelganger among the contenders.

Morning Matcha
10
Jan
  • Charles Town Classic
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Preakness

Photo Essay: Best of 2022

  • Allison Janezic / 3 years
  • 2
  • 9 min read

Photographer Allison Janezic took thousands of pictures of racing, horses, and people in 2022. Here, a photo essay of her favorites, and their stories.

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