Laurel Park-based runners Afleet Willy and Something Awesome will meet on the track for the first time — in Saturday’s G2 Charles Town Classic.
The Charles Town Classic Million Dollar Challenge is free to enter, and if you pick 11 races correctly, you’ll share in $1 million!
Forty-eight horses, including three Grade 1 winners, have been nominated to the Grade 2, $1.2 million Charles Town Classic.
Less than two weeks after voting against Charles Town’s 2018 stakes schedule, the state Racing Commission today voted to approve it.
The WV Racing Commission rejected the Charles Town stakes schedule, endangering the CT Classic. The Commission should reverse course and save the Classic.
The 2018 stakes schedule at Charles Town was put on hold by the state Racing Commission today amid concern that the CT Classic purse of $1.2 million is too high.
More than two dozen horses that have started at Charles Town in recent years have shown up in Breeders’ Cup races, including a two-time BC champ.
“Beyond thought” is how one person described the idea of a million-dollar race at Charles Town – but there it was Saturday, despite the rain and cold.
In our latest weekend wrap, some stars return, up-and-comers rule the roost, and a quick look at handle.
The owners of the Charles Town Classic and Sugar Maple winners probably agree on at least one thing: “The whole life is about family,” one said.