Sylvia Bishop’s way with horses
A new book explores the life and times of Charles Town-based trainer Sylvia Bishop — the first licensed Black woman trainer in the United States.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Jan 27, 2021 | Breaking, Features, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing | 1 |
A new book explores the life and times of Charles Town-based trainer Sylvia Bishop — the first licensed Black woman trainer in the United States.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Aug 28, 2020 | Breaking, Racing, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |
With the big name jocks home because of Covid-19, local riders spread the wealth around, with six different jocks winning stakes.
Read Moreby Ted Black | Aug 27, 2020 | Breaking, Racing, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |
Trainer Jeff Runco, who won the first two runnings of the Charles Town Classic, has three live runners in stakes on this year’s Classic undercard.
Read MoreParisian Diva was a dominant winner in Saturday’s Sylvia Bishop Memorial at Charles Town and may be headed to next month’s G3 Charles Town Oaks.
Read Moreby Ted Black | Aug 23, 2019 | Breaking, Racing, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |
Trainer Stacey Viands, who recently underwent bypass surgery, hopes a Parisian Diva win in Saturday’s Sylvia Bishop S. can boost his recovery.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Aug 26, 2018 | Breaking, Racing, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |
Off at 1-5, Late Night Pow Wow delivered the goods in Saturday’s Sylvia Bishop Memorial Stakes at Charles Town, winning easily.
Read Moreby Ted Black | Aug 24, 2018 | Breaking, Racing, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |
Three-year-old fillies take center stage in Saturday’s Sylvia Bishop Memorial at Charles Town with the winner likely to head towards the WVBC with the division lead.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Aug 25, 2017 | Breaking, Racing, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |
Speedy Moonlit Song is favored, but at Charles Town’s Sylvia Bishop Memorial Stakes on Saturday, which grants the winner a WVBC berth, is a wide open affair.
Read Moreby The Biz | Aug 24, 2015 | Breaking, NJ Racing, PA Racing, Racing, Regionwide, Top Stories, WV Racing | 0 |
The Page McKenney show rolled on in this weekend’s mid-Atlantic stakes action.
Read Moreby The Biz | Sep 2, 2014 | Breaking, MD Breeding, New Jersey, NJ Racing, PA Racing, Pennsylvania, Regionwide, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |
Parx kicked off its big month with some big upsets, and there was lots more regional stakes action… weekend RaceBrief.
Read Moreby The Biz | Aug 29, 2014 | Breaking, New Jersey, NJ Racing, PA Breeding, Pennsylvania, Regionwide, Top Stories, Virginia, Virginia Breeding, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |
Two big juvenile races at Monmouth and four Midlantic-breds in Spa stakes are all on tap.
Read Moreby The Biz | Aug 26, 2013 | Breaking, DE Racing, Delaware, Maryland, MD Breeding, New Jersey, NJ Racing, Regionwide, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |
In our weekly LookBack, we circle back on some recent top stories to see what happened next, plus some other news and notes.
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