HRTV will partner with Penn National Gaming Inc. to broadcast the Charles Town Classic and several other races in the company’s Penn Gaming Racing Challenge.
Champions California Chrome and Shared Belief and 2014 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Bayern headline the 56 nominated to the Charles Town Classic.
For the seventh straight year, Charles Town Races will donate to the group that seeks to transition former race horses into new careers off the racetrack.
The $1.5 million, Grade 2 Charles Town Classic, to be run April 18, will highlight the track’s just-announced stakes schedule.
In today’s NewsBrief, headlines from the region’s racing industry.
If handle declined for this year’s Grade 2 Charles Town Classic card, why was Erich Zimny smiling? Because it was still the track’s third-busiest day ever.
Casual fans turned out for Saturday night’s Charles Town Classic hoping to see “something big.” Some of them did, when 26-1 Imperative upset the big race.
Erstwhile claiming horse Imperative, ignored by the bettors, ran down favored Game On Dude to win the Charles Town Classic.
The starting gate should be full for Saturday’s Sugar Maple Stakes at Charles Town, and My Pal Chrisy looks like the one to beat.
A defeat last out might have ended Game on Dude’s racing career. Instead, the 7 year-old won impressively and is 4-5 for Saturday’s Charles Town Classic.