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Something Awesome
19
Apr
  • Afleet Willy
  • Charles Town Classic
  • Charles Town Races
  • Claudio Gonzalez
  • Jose Caraballo
  • Something Awesome
  • West Virginia horse racing

Locals Afleet Willy, Something Awesome to tackle CT Classic

  • Frank Vespe / 8 years
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  • 7 min read

Laurel Park-based runners Afleet Willy and Something Awesome will meet on the track for the first time — in Saturday’s G2 Charles Town Classic.

17
Apr
  • Charles Town Classic
  • Charles Town Races
  • West Virginia horse racing

Charles Town Classic: No risk, big reward with $1 million pool

  • Press Release / 8 years
  • 0
  • 3 min read

The Charles Town Classic Million Dollar Challenge is free to enter, and if you pick 11 races correctly, you’ll share in $1 million!

Moonlit Song
05
Apr
  • Charles Town Races
  • Moonlit Song
  • West Virginia horse racing

Moonlit Song is back – and back on top

  • Frank Vespe / 8 years
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Returning from nearly five months away, Moonlit Song picked up where she left off Wednesday at Charles Town, cruising to a four-length win.

Court Date
04
Apr
  • Charles Town Races
  • Court Date
  • Lela Hanagan
  • West Virginia horse racing

For trainer Hanagan, getting a Court Date pays off

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

Young trainer Lela Hanagan has won with five of 15 runners this year at Charles Town, led by her talented (and creatively named) homebred Court Date.

Moonlit Song
04
Apr
  • Charles Town Races
  • Moonlit Song
  • West Virginia horse racing

Moonlit Song to make 2018 debut in CT allowance

  • Frank Vespe / 8 years
  • 1
  • 4 min read

Moonlit Song, winner of the 2017 WVBC Cavada and four other stakes, makes her 2018 bow in an allowance Wednesday night at Charles Town.

Imperative
02
Apr
  • Charles Town Classic
  • Charles Town Races
  • West Virginia horse racing

G2 Charles Town Classic draws 48 nominations

  • Press Release / 8 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

Forty-eight horses, including three Grade 1 winners, have been nominated to the Grade 2, $1.2 million Charles Town Classic.

Carlos Castro
28
Mar
  • Carlos Castro
  • Michael E. Sterling
  • Unrideabull
  • West Virginia horse racing

Carlos Castro: Miracle to be alive

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

The family of jockey Carlos Castro, hit by a train last month, is thankful he survived – but facing a daunting future.

22
Mar
  • Charles Town Races
  • West Virginia horse racing

Charles Town cancels Thursday card

  • Press Release / 8 years
  • 0
  • 2 min read

As a result of Wednesday’s winter storm, Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races has canceled its Thursday live racing card.

21
Mar
  • Charles Town Races
  • West Virginia horse racing

Charles Town cancels Wednesday card

  • Press Release / 8 years
  • 0
  • 2 min read

With winter storm blowing through the mid-Atlantic region, Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races has canceled its Wednesday live racing card.

My Sister Mary
20
Mar
  • Atreyu
  • Charles Town Races
  • Jeff Runco
  • My Sister Mary
  • O'Sullivan Farms
  • Randy Funkhouser
  • West Virginia horse racing

Teaming of Runco, O’Sullivan paying dividends

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

The teaming of trainer Jeff Runco and owner-breeder O’Sullivan Farm has paid early dividends, with a pair of promising youngsters earning recent maiden wins.

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