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Indy Bay
22
Aug
  • Charles Town Oaks
  • Charles Town Races
  • Indy Bay
  • Irad Ortiz
  • Saffie Joseph Jr.
  • West Virginia horse racing

Indy Bay surges to Charles Town Oaks win

  • Frank Vespe / 5 months
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Indy Bay parlayed a good trip into a late surge and her first graded stakes victory, in Friday’s Grade 2 Charles Town Oaks.

Skippylongstocking
21
Aug
  • Charles Town Classic
  • Charles Town Oaks
  • Charles Town Races
  • handicapping
  • West Virginia horse racing

Charles Town Classic/Oaks: Horse by horse

  • The Biz / 5 months
  • 0
  • 4 min read

We dig into Friday’s G2 Charles Town Classic and G2 Charles Town Oaks with a horse-by-horse analysis.

Art Collector
21
Aug
  • Charles Town Races
  • handicapping
  • West Virginia horse racing

Charles Town picks and analysis: August 22, 2025

  • The Biz / 5 months
  • 0
  • 5 min read

Picks and analysis for tonight’s card at Charles Town Races!

Free Like a Girl
21
Aug
  • Charles Town Races
  • 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 / 5 months
  • 0
  • 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?

Faster Gator
21
Aug
  • Anthony Farrior
  • Charles Town Races
  • Faster Gator
  • Robert Hilton Memorial S.
  • West Virginia horse racing

With CT win last out, Faster Gator aims at Hilton Memorial

  • Ted Black / 5 months
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Trainer Anthony Farrior believes Faster Gator has the ability to compete against top-level sprinters. He’ll test that theory in Charles Town’s Hilton Memorial.

Zip Start
20
Aug
  • Charles Town Oaks
  • Charles Town Races
  • Jeff Runco
  • West Virginia horse racing
  • Zip Start

Local hopeful Zip Start takes aim at CT Oaks

  • Ted Black / 5 months
  • 0
  • 4 min read

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.

20
Aug
  • Charles Town Oaks
  • Charles Town Races
  • Indy Bay
  • Saffie Joseph Jr.
  • Vodka With a Twist
  • West Virginia horse racing

CT: Vodka With a Twist hopes to slurp up CT Oaks

  • Press Release / 5 months
  • 0
  • 3 min read

A full field is slated to contest Friday’s G2 Charles Town Oaks, with Vodka With a Twist, second in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, the favorite.

Skippylongstocking
19
Aug
  • Awesome Aaron
  • Charles Town Classic
  • Charles Town Races
  • Saffie Joseph Jr.
  • Skippylongstocking
  • West Virginia horse racing

Skippylongstocking to bid for third CT Classic

  • The Biz / 5 months
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Six-year-old Skippylongstocking will bid for an unprecedented third consecutive Charles Town Classic win in Friday’s big race.

Surface to Air
18
Aug
  • Charles Town Races
  • Colonial Downs
  • Delaware horse racing
  • Delaware Park
  • Monmouth Park
  • New Jersey horse racing
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Mid-Atlantic three stars: August 18, 2025

  • John Piassek / 5 months
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Your five-minute read to catch up on all the Mid-Atlantic racing action you may have missed over the weekend…

Art Collector
16
Aug
  • Charles Town Races
  • handicapping
  • West Virginia horse racing

Charles Town picks and analysis: August 16, 2025

  • The Biz / 5 months
  • 5
  • 2 min read

Picks and analysis for tonight’s card at Charles Town Races!

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