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Penn National
29
Jan
  • Charles Town Races
  • Penn National

Charles Town, Penn National announce cancellations

  • The Biz / 7 years
  • 0
  • 2 min read

With nasty winter weather arriving in the Mid-Atlantic, Charles Town Races and Penn National both will miss some days this week.

29
Jan
  • Barbara Jo Rubin
  • Charles Town Races
  • Erich Zimny

Barbara Jo Rubin to be honored at Charles Town

  • Press Release / 7 years
  • 1
  • 3 min read

Barbara Jo Rubin, first American female jockey to win against men, will be feted Feb. 22 at Charles Town, where she earned her landmark win.

I Know Nothing
28
Jan
  • Charles Town Races
  • Crystal Pickett
  • I Know Nothing
  • West Virginia horse racing

Late-arriving I Know Nothing making up for lost time

  • Ted Black / 7 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

Though late to reach the races, five-year-old I Know Nothing is making up for lost time for owner-trainer Crystal Pickett.

B's Wild Cork
19
Jan
  • B's Wild Cork
  • Charles Town Races
  • James W. Casey
  • Javier Contreras
  • Late Night Pow Wow
  • West Virginia horse racing

A tale of two fillies: B’s Wild Cork fashions solid ledger

  • Ted Black / 7 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

B’s Wild Cork has fashioned a solid career thus far, though she’s under the radar, overshadowed by a filly who broke her maiden the same night.

Struth
13
Jan
  • Charles Town Races
  • Laurel Park
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing

Midlantic racing: Weather wins

  • The Biz / 7 years
  • 0
  • 2 min read

A mid-winter snow storm forced the cancellation of one entire Midlantic racing card and most of another.

Delaware Park
07
Jan
  • Charles Town Races
  • Delaware Park
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Monmouth Park
  • sports betting

Stories that mattered in ’18: The rise of sports betting

  • Doug McCoy / 7 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

Legalized in mid-year, sports betting was by the end of 2018 having significant impacts on the gambling landscape throughout the Mid-Atlantic.

Late Night Pow Wow
27
Dec
  • Charles Town Oaks
  • Charles Town Races
  • Javier Contreras
  • Late Night Pow Wow
  • West Virginia horse racing
  • Willa on the Move S.

Stories that mattered in ’18: Late Night Pow Wow runs to prominence

  • Ted Black / 7 years
  • 0
  • 9 min read

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.

Saratoga Bob
25
Dec
  • Charles Town Races
  • Delaware Park
  • Laurel Park
  • Monmouth Park
  • Parx Racing
  • Penn National
  • Pimlico
  • Timonium

A 2018 Mid-Atlantic racing photo gallery

  • The Biz / 7 years
  • 0
  • 2 min read

Some of our favorite photos from 2018 all in one Mid-Atlantic racing gallery.

Something Awesome
13
Dec
  • Anthony Figaretti
  • Charles Town Classic
  • Charles Town Races
  • Erich Zimny
  • Jack Rossi
  • Ken Lowe
  • West Virginia horse racing

WV Racing Commission approves Charles Town stakes schedule

  • Frank Vespe / 7 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

The West Virginia Racing Commission Thursday approved Charles Town’s 2019 stakes schedule — despite some of the same misgivings it had when it delayed approval last year.

Ava O
07
Dec
  • Ava O
  • Charles Town Races
  • Michael Weeks
  • Tommy Lee Jones
  • West Virginia horse racing

“Crookedest foal” Ava O running on the straight and narrow

  • Ted Black / 7 years
  • 0
  • 8 min read

When she was born, Ava O was the “crookedest foal” folks had ever seen, but with three wins in her last seven starts, she seems to have straightened things out.

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