Casey family affair looks set to thrive for years to come
The Casey family started racing at Charles Town over 50 years ago. With two sons in the game and good runners in the barn, their run looks set to continue for years to come.
Read Moreby Ted Black | Jan 25, 2017 | Breaking, Features, Racing, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |
The Casey family started racing at Charles Town over 50 years ago. With two sons in the game and good runners in the barn, their run looks set to continue for years to come.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Jan 4, 2017 | Breaking, Breeding, Business, Opinion, Racing, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |
Part 3 of 4 of our 2016 in review, in which we take a sometimes happy, sometimes sad, and most often bemused look at the year that was in the mid-Atlantic.
Read Moreby Guest Author | Nov 22, 2016 | Breaking, PA Racing, Pennsylvania, Racing | 0 |
Wednesday’s Swatara Stakes at Penn National has drawn a full field of 10, headlined by West Virginia-bred Charitable Annuity.
Read Moreby Ted Black | Sep 19, 2016 | Breaking, Racing, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |
Russell Road, the ageless warhorse who surpassed $2 million in career earnings and won the West Virginia Breeders Classic three times, has been retired.
Read Moreby The Biz | Apr 20, 2016 | Breaking, Racing, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |
Saturday’s Grade 2 Charles Town Classic features a purse of $1.25 million and a contentious, wide open field topped by Donworth and local star Page McKenney.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Oct 12, 2015 | Breaking, Breeding, Racing, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Breeding, WV Racing | 2 |
Saturday’s West Virginia Breeders Classics (WVBC) is the state’s “Super Bowl Saturday” of racing, said one participant, and it’s about helping others.
Read Moreby Teresa Genaro | Apr 24, 2015 | Breaking, Features, Opinion, Racing, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing | 5 |
Millionaire fan favorites Down Town Allen and Russell Road ran Saturday at Charles Town. Their differing results speak to vulnerabilities, and legacies.
Read Moreby Ted Black | Apr 20, 2015 | Breaking, Racing, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |
by Ted Black On an afternoon that many Charles Town racing fans will remember as the day that...
Read MoreRussell Road, the remarkable nine-year-old, led the field gate to wire to take the Confucius Say Stakes at Charles Town today.
Read Moreby Ted Black | Oct 20, 2014 | Breaking, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Breeding, WV Racing | 0 |
Favorites usually rule on West Virginia Breeders Classics night. But Saturday saw one surprise after another, as longshots enjoyed a solid day.
Read Moreby Jeff Brammer | Oct 20, 2014 | Breaking, Features, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Breeding, WV Racing | 0 |
Russell Road was beaten in Saturday’s West Virginia Breeders Classic — until he found an extra gear that left his owner “speechless” and won his third Classic.
Read Moreby Jeff Brammer | Oct 9, 2014 | Breaking, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Breeding, WV Racing | 0 |
Millionaire and two-time winner Russell Road will seek his third West Virginia Breeders Classic title, but he’ll face two other previous winners on October 18.
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