Charles Town will cancel its Thursday evening program because of a hole on the outside rail of the track caused by a drainage leak.
Charles Town’s 2016 stakes schedule will be highlighted by the G2 Charles Town Classic, G3 Charles Town Oaks, and 16 races for WV-breds.
Paul Espinosa, 26, will become the full-time announcer at Charles Town Races in 2016, the track announced.
Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races will hold 179 live racing cards in 2016.
In our Midlantic weekend stakes wrap: Valid and Aye a Song win, and Stiffed rallies for third.
What’s on tap: a regional stake, a Top Midlantic-bred, and a region-bred in graded company.
Saturday night’s Eleanor Casey Memorial closes out the 2015 Charles Town stakes schedule with an intriguing matchup of talented juvenile fillies.
Two year-old filly Aye a Song earned her third stakes win Saturday night in the West Virginia Futurity at Charles Town Races.
Filly Aye a Song nearly beat males in the Tri-State Futurity, and with her main rival not in the West Virginia Futurity, figures to seal the deal Saturday.
Longtime Charles Town track announcer Jeff Cernik is no longer filling that role, and the track is using a rotation until a permanent replacement is found.