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Barbara Jo Rubin
22
Feb
  • Barbara Jo Rubin
  • Charles Town Races
  • West Virginia horse racing

Barbara Jo Rubin, modest pioneer, feted at Charles Town

  • Ted Black / 7 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

Fifty years later, Barbara Jo Rubin – “First girl jockey ever to win a race in the US,” according to the offical win photo – returned to Charles Town Friday to be honored for her historic win.

Mini Bolt
20
Feb
  • Charles Town Races
  • Mini Bolt
  • Nelsi Roman-Salon
  • West Virginia horse racing

Mini Bolt strikes, breaks maiden in 51st start

  • Ted Black / 7 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

Mini Bolt gave owner-trainer Nelsi Roman-Salon the best Valentine’s Day present of all: a maiden-breaking win that was also her first as a trainer.

House of Love
09
Feb
  • Charles Town Races
  • House of Love
  • John Dillow
  • West Virginia horse racing

Charles Town: Dillow, House of Love seek consistency

  • Ted Black / 7 years
  • 1
  • 5 min read

Five-year-old House of Love has flashed talent in her career at Charles Town Races. Now trainer John Dillow seeks consistency.

I Know Nothing
28
Jan
  • Charles Town Races
  • Crystal Pickett
  • I Know Nothing
  • West Virginia horse racing

Late-arriving I Know Nothing making up for lost time

  • Ted Black / 7 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

Though late to reach the races, five-year-old I Know Nothing is making up for lost time for owner-trainer Crystal Pickett.

B's Wild Cork
19
Jan
  • B's Wild Cork
  • Charles Town Races
  • James W. Casey
  • Javier Contreras
  • Late Night Pow Wow
  • West Virginia horse racing

A tale of two fillies: B’s Wild Cork fashions solid ledger

  • Ted Black / 7 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

B’s Wild Cork has fashioned a solid career thus far, though she’s under the radar, overshadowed by a filly who broke her maiden the same night.

Late Night Pow Wow
27
Dec
  • Charles Town Oaks
  • Charles Town Races
  • Javier Contreras
  • Late Night Pow Wow
  • West Virginia horse racing
  • Willa on the Move S.

Stories that mattered in ’18: Late Night Pow Wow runs to prominence

  • Ted Black / 7 years
  • 0
  • 9 min read

We kick off a year-end series of 2018 stories that mattered in Mid-Atlantic racing and breeding with Late Night Pow Wow, the West Virginia-bred who ran to prominence late in the season.

Charitable Annuity
14
Dec
  • Christian Hiraldo
  • Guillermo Rodriguez
  • West Virginia horse racing

Jocks Hiraldo, Rodriguez sentenced on drug charges

  • Guest Author / 7 years
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Charles Town-based Jockeys Christian Hiraldo and Guillermo Rodriguez were sentenced recently on cocaine possession charges.

Something Awesome
13
Dec
  • Anthony Figaretti
  • Charles Town Classic
  • Charles Town Races
  • Erich Zimny
  • Jack Rossi
  • Ken Lowe
  • West Virginia horse racing

WV Racing Commission approves Charles Town stakes schedule

  • Frank Vespe / 7 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

The West Virginia Racing Commission Thursday approved Charles Town’s 2019 stakes schedule — despite some of the same misgivings it had when it delayed approval last year.

Ava O
07
Dec
  • Ava O
  • Charles Town Races
  • Michael Weeks
  • Tommy Lee Jones
  • West Virginia horse racing

“Crookedest foal” Ava O running on the straight and narrow

  • Ted Black / 7 years
  • 0
  • 8 min read

When she was born, Ava O was the “crookedest foal” folks had ever seen, but with three wins in her last seven starts, she seems to have straightened things out.

Parisian Diva
02
Dec
  • Eleanor Casey Memorial S.
  • Parisian Diva
  • West Virginia horse racing

Parisian Diva dominates in Eleanor Casey Memorial

  • Frank Vespe / 7 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

Parisian Diva was tons the best in a facile, five-length score in Saturday’s Eleanor Casey Memorial Stakes at Charles Town.

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