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Coastal Mission
23
Apr
  • Charles Town Races
  • Coastal Mission
  • Confucius Say S.
  • Denis Araujo
  • Gerald Almodovar
  • Jeff Runco
  • West Virginia horse racing

Coastal Mission sails to Confucius Say victory

  • Ted Black / 4 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

In a deep and contentious renewal of the Confucius Say Stakes, Coastal Mission proved best in what amounted to his first local stakes try.

Boundtobebad
24
Apr
  • Boundtobebad
  • Charles Town Races
  • Confucius Say S.
  • Gerald Almodovar
  • John McKee
  • Marshall Mendez
  • Original Gold S.
  • West Virginia horse racing

CT: Boundtobebad really good in Original Gold stunner

  • Ted Black / 5 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

Upsets were the order of the day in the first two stakes of the year at Charles Town, with Boundtobebad shocking Star of Night in the Original Gold.

Fancy Her Up
19
Sep
  • Arnaldo Bocachica
  • Charles Town Races
  • Crystal Pickett
  • Fancy Her Up
  • Gerald Almodovar
  • Henry Mercer S.
  • Hypothesis
  • Jeff Runco
  • John A. Casey
  • Last Enchantment S.
  • Rachel's Turn S.
  • Run to Daylight
  • West Virginia horse racing

Fancy Her Up Stars in Rachel’s Turn

  • Ted Black / 5 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

Fancy Her Up dominated the Rachel’s Turn Stakes in fast time on a Charles Town card where veteran Hypothesis and Run to Daylight also won stakes.

23
Dec
  • Anthony Farrior
  • Arnaldo Bocachica
  • Charles Town Races
  • Christian Hiraldo
  • Denis Araujo
  • Fredy Peltroche
  • Gerald Almodovar
  • Jeff Runco
  • John McKee
  • Kevin Patterson
  • Tim Grams
  • West Virginia horse racing

Bocachica, Patterson lead final Charles Town rankings

  • Frank Vespe / 6 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

In our year-end jockey and trainer rankings for Charles Town, Arnaldo Bocachica and Kevin Patterson have the jump on their rivals.

V. I. P. Ticket
12
Dec
  • A Huevo S.
  • Charles Town Races
  • Gerald Almodovar
  • V. I. P. Ticket
  • West Virginia horse racing

V. I. P. Ticket cruises to A Huevo win

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

Favored Runnin’toluvya didn’t fire, but V. I. P. Ticket sure did, cruising to an easy victory in the A Huevo Stakes at Charles Town Races.

24
Aug
  • Gerald Almodovar
  • Maryland horse racing
  • No Refunds
  • Timonium

Timonium: Gerald Almodovar logs win 2,000

  • Frank Vespe / 8 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

Charles Town-based jockey Gerald Almodovar made the most of his visit to Maryland, winning twice, including the 2000th score of his career.

26
Mar
  • Angel Rodriguez
  • Follow the Notion
  • Gerald Almodovar
  • Goodonehoney
  • Jeff Runco
  • Julio Hernandez
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Steve Hamilton
  • Weston Hamilton

Midlantic racing roundup: Week ending March 25

  • The Biz / 9 years
  • 0
  • 7 min read

In our weekly roundup, racing action around the region you might have missed…

Bound to Windsor
16
Feb
  • Charles Town Races
  • Gerald Almodovar
  • J.D. Acosta
  • West Virginia horse racing
  • Xavier Perez

Charles Town: Alternative jockey stats

  • Frank Vespe / 9 years
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Which jocks are having the best season at Charles Town? We wanted to look beyond simply wins; here’s one alternative.

Timonium
31
Aug
  • Bill Reightler
  • Charlie Frock
  • Gerald Almodovar
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Timonium

Timonium “metrics pointing northward” on eve of final racing weekend

  • Frank Vespe / 9 years
  • 2
  • 7 min read

The news was all positive during Timonium’s opening weekend. Now the challenge: keeping the momentum going into its final stretch.

25
Aug
  • Gerald Almodovar
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Timonium

Carolina Gold romps in opening day feature at Timonium

  • Frank Vespe / 9 years
  • 1
  • 4 min read

Five-year-old Carolina Gold was much the best in Timonium’s featured allowance race today, romping to an easy win in fast time.

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