Charles Town Races will add 11 days to its live racing calendar this year to make up for days lost to weather through the winter.
Three-year-old Noblame stepped up to face elders — including top local filly Moonlit Song — in the Fancy Buckles Stakes Saturday at Charles Town and proved best.
The Tim Grams trainee Moonlit Song was a late scratch from her last start but is set to return in tonight’s Fancy Buckles at Charles Town.
Court Date took Charles Town’s It’s Only Money Stakes to give trainer Lela Hanagan the first stakes win of her young training career.
Veteran Greenway Court has won the It’s Only Money in four of the last five years and is one of the top contenders to take the 2018 running Saturday at Charles Town.
Local stalwart Lake Ponchatrain won the rechristened Dance to Bristol Stakes – a satisfying win for jock Xavier Perez, who also rode the race’s namesake.
William and Mary was impressive in winning one of four state-bred stakes on this afternoon’s Charles Town Classic undercard.
Something Awesome prevailed in the $1.2 million Charles Town Classic, giving trainer Jose Corrales his first million-dollar-race win.
Trainers like James W. Casey, Tim Grams, and Javier Contreras are among those likely to have a say on some of the CT Classic undercard events.
The first running of the Lucy’s Bob Boy Stakes Saturday at Charles Town prompted memories of the speedster, and some “what if” musing.
