Second on debut two weeks ago, Gurney Halleck turned the tables with a rallying victory in the Henry Mercer Memorial Stakes at Charles Town Races.
Four state-bred stakes supporting Friday’s G2 Charles Town Classic helped to bring the October 11 West Virginia Breeders’ Classics into focus.
West Virginia-bred and -based Zip Start carries the Jeff Runco barn’s banner into Friday’s Grade 2 Charles Town Oaks, one of his nine runners on the card.
Pascaline was a strong favorite in his first visit to Charles Town, but local Spotafreeone had other ideas and upset the Robert Leavitt Stakes.
Duncan Idaho posted a sharp score in Charles Town’s It’s Only Money Stakes for the second consecutive season Friday night.
Social Chic rallied late and had just enough to hold off No Change in an exciting renewal of Charles Town’s Confucius Say Stakes Saturday.
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.
From A to Z (well, actually more like W), eight stories that grabbed our attention during the past year at Charles Town Races.
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.
A pair of juvenile races on WVBC night put the “future of West Virginia-bred racing in the spotlight as Annapolis Road and Diakonissa won.