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Teachintherelease
07
Jan
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Charles Town: 10 stories that mattered in 2025

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Charles Town correspondent Ted Black revisits 10 stories that mattered at the West Virginia oval in 2025.

Free Like a Girl
21
Aug
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  • Chasey Pomier
  • Free Like a Girl
  • Mystic Lake
  • Pink Ribbon S.
  • Vahva
  • West Virginia horse racing

Under-the-radar Free Like a Girl returns for Pink Ribbon

  • Ted Black / 1 year
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  • 4 min read

She arrives with $2.5 million in the bank and is the Pink Ribbon Stakes defending champion. So why is Free Like a Girl 5-1 on the morning line?

Mystic Lake
17
Jul
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  • Delaware horse racing
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  • Jorge Ruiz
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DEL: Mystic Lake romps in Dashing Beauty

  • Frank Vespe / 1 year
  • 62
  • 3 min read

Multiple graded winner Mystic Lake, off at 1-20 in a scratch-softened field, dominated Thursday’s Dashing Beauty Stakes at Delaware Park.

Mystic Lake
16
Jul
  • Dashing Beauty S.
  • Delaware horse racing
  • Delaware Park
  • Mystic Lake
  • Safe Trust
  • St. Benedicts Prep

Mystic Lake the one to beat in Dashing Beauty

  • The Biz / 1 year
  • 51
  • 3 min read

Multiple graded stakes winner Mystic Lake looks to have her five rivals over a barrel in Thursday’s Dashing Beauty Stakes at Delaware Park.

Mystic Lake
20
Sep
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Five questions for Pennsylvania Derby day

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  • 7 min read

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).

Mystic Lake
24
Aug
  • Charles Town Oaks
  • Charles Town Races
  • Mike Smith
  • Mystic Lake
  • Saffie Joseph Jr.
  • West Virginia horse racing

“Money” Mike Smith’s adventurous visit to Charles Town

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 1
  • 4 min read

Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith had quite a visit to Charles Town that included a gate scratch, a last-place finish, and a win in the G2 Charles Town Oaks.

Mystic Lake
20
Aug
  • Charles Town Oaks
  • Charles Town Races
  • Mystic Lake
  • Saffie Joseph Jr.
  • West Virginia horse racing

Saffie Joseph duo formidable in Charles Town Oaks

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A contentious field is set for the Grade 2 Charles Town Oaks Friday, and trainer Saffie Joseph’s pair includes G3 Miss Preakness winner Mystic Lake.

Mystic Lake
17
May
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  • Maryland horse racing
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  • Pimlico
  • Saffie Joseph Jr.

Mystic Lake dazzles in G3 Miss Preakness win

  • Gary Quill / 2 years
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Mystic Lake led all the way to a sharp score in Friday’s Grade 3 Miss Preakness Stakes at Pimlico, one of three graded races on the card.

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