Charles Town today unveiled a stakes schedule featuring the $1 million Charles Town Classic and the G3 Charles Town Oaks, with an increased purse.
Charles Town Races will kick off its 2022 season January 6, the track announced, and while it’s slated to run 220 days, negotiations on that are ongoing.
With six months in the job, Charles Town Racing Secretary Elizabeth Rogers is earning plaudits from coworkers and trainers alike.
The improving Angle of Attack upset heavy favorite Boundtobebad to win the $50,000 Eleanor Casey Memorial Stakes Saturday at Charles Town.
Charles Town purses go up by about 17% starting tonight, and local horsemen hope the boost can bring horses and owners back to the track.
Charles Town Races will increase purses by about 17 percent, the result of recent legislation that returns to the track moneys that had earlier been taken from it.
Charlie McIntosh will become Director of Racing, and Elizabeth Rogers is the new Racing Secretary at Charles Town Races.
The 2018 stakes schedule at Charles Town was put on hold by the state Racing Commission today amid concern that the CT Classic purse of $1.2 million is too high.