On the brink of 5,000 career victories, trainer Jeff Runco has seen 2026 become a year of transition, with horses like Ryan’s Run taking center stage.
Coastal Mission, who’s earned more than $1.1 million, has been named by the state’s breeders as WV-bred Horse of the Year for the second straight year.
On the heels of a season that saw him place in the Breeders’ Cup, Maryland-bred Post Time has been named the Top Midlantic-bred of 2024.
From A to Z (well, actually more like W), eight stories that grabbed our attention during the past year at Charles Town Races.
Muad’dib, who inched past the million-dollar mark last month, put the exclamation mark on the achievement with a season-closing win Friday at Charles Town.
Post Time is among four Midlantic-breds in Saturday’s Grade 2 Cigar Mile at the Big A, while two others are in the Remsen.
Saturday is the biggest day of the year for Parx racing, featuring the Pennsylvania Derby and Cotillion, and we have questions (and some horses to watch).
Coastal Mission, second in back-to-back graded stakes, will take his biggest swing yet when the Jeff Runco trainee runs in Friday’s Charles Town Classic.
Skippylongstocking is set to defend his title Friday in the Grade 2 Charles Town Classic, and a win will get him to just about $3 million in the bank.
Coastal Mission edged Prince of Jericho in a thriller in the Frank Whiteley Stakes at Laurel Park, one of four stakes on the day.