Fashion Faux Pas is one of 10 sophomore fillies who’ll be vying for their first graded victory in the G3 Charles Town Oaks Saturday.
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.
Late Night Pow Wow upset the G3 Charles Town Oaks to give local trainer Javier Contreras his first graded stakes win.
Late Night Pow Wow has mostly dominated her state-bred rivals, so trainer Javier Contreras has decided to take a shot with her in the Grade 3 Charles Town Oaks.
Saturday’s G3 Charles Town Oaks has drawn 13 entrants — only 10 can start — with the most tepid of lukewarm favorites in Alter Moon, who is 7-2 on the morning line.
Tequilita notched her second graded win Saturday by winning the Grade 3 Charles Town Oaks.
When the G3 Charles Town Oaks drew more than a full gate, it looked like Shimmering Aspen would be left out. But four scratches later, all systems are go.
Grand Prix has thrived since coming east for owner-breeder Hank Nothhaft, who hopes she’ll take another step forward in the G3 Charles Town Oaks September 23.
Two-time stakes winner Shimmering Aspen will try graded company for the second time September 23 in the G3 Charles Town Oaks.
Part 3 of 4 of our 2016 in review, in which we take a sometimes happy, sometimes sad, and most often bemused look at the year that was in the mid-Atlantic.