Leslie Condon, a trainer at Charles Town Races and CTHBPA board member, passed away unexpectedly Thursday at age 49.
The Charles Town Classic and Charles Town Oaks, the two graded races on the track’s calendar, drew robust nominations for their 2020 renewals August 28.
In its Thursday card, Charles Town will have a carryover of more than $35,000 in the Pick 5, which kicks off in race four.
Jockey Darius Thorpe has seized an opportunity to raise his own profile, piloting the speedy Dr. Feelgood to 11 wins in 13 starts at Charles Town.
Natural Attraction scored at first asking to be the first winner for new sire Golden Years as Charles Town hosted its first two baby races of 2020.
The Charles Town Classic and Oaks will share a date this year – August 28 – and both will go for smaller purses in 2020, the former’s reduced to $600,000.
Trainer Jeff Runco has a budding star in Muad’dib, a full brother to graded stakes winner Late Night Pow Wow, and he’s taking his time with him.
Charles Town Races announced Monday that it would start allowing spectators in the first-floor grandstand effective June 22.
Counter Move, a 14-year-old who earned over $400,000, is still running down rivals today as a pony at Charles Town for outrider Casey Fleming.
With Charles Town having a few weeks under its belt, we dig into the track’s statistics and factoids from the first few weeks. What did we learn?