Grade 1 winners Lovely Maria and Cavorting are among 36 nominations to the Grade 3 Charles Town Oaks to be run September 19.
Each of the four will be restricted to West Virginia-breds and offer a purse of $30,000 on the September 19 card.
Six years ago Phil Schoenthal learned the danger of jinxing his horses. Saturday he avoided that, and Miss Behaviour romped in the Grade 3 Charles Town Oaks.
California Chrome. Untapable. Miss Behaviour. Graded stakes at three different tracks. What’s on tap this weekend is a heady brew, indeed.
The goal in creating the Charles Town Oaks was to find a cozy spot on the calendar to create a “splash event.” Six years later, it’s mission accomplished.
Speedy Miss Behaviour, recently second in a pair of graded Saratoga races, headlines a solid group in Saturday’s Grade 3 Charles Town Oaks.
For the sixth time, Charles Town Races and the Susan G. Komen Foundation will partner to “Race for the Ribbon” fighting breast cancer on Charles Town Oaks night.
Charles Town will run some 220 days in 2014 and will present a stakes schedule that, for the first time, includes two graded events.
The Charles Town Oaks has received a Grade 3 designation from the American Graded Stakes Committee, the second race at the track to earn graded status.
A huge weekend — with three tracks hosting significant cards — led to a 44 percent jump in Midlantic wagering this weekend.
