West Virginia
Charles Town picks and analysis: February 1, 2025
We’ve got full-card picks and analysis for this evening’s race card from Charles Town Races!
VIDEO: Charles Town weekend highlights
In today’s video, highlights from the weekend’s racing at Charles Town, including some horses figuring this racing thing out.
Charles Town picks and horses to watch: September 16
We’ve got Charles Town picks and preview today as the track presents its Friday card!
Charles Town picks and analysis: September 10
We provide picks and analysis for this evening’s card at Charles Town Races.
Charles Town picks and horses to watch: September 9
We’ve got Charles Town picks and preview today as the track presents its Friday card!
K Town Brass game in front-running Leavitt score
K Town Brass was a determined winner of the Leavitt Stakes Saturday at Charles Town for his third win in five career starts and a useful step towards the WV Breeders Classics.
Speedy sophs to contest Robert G. Leavitt Saturday at Charles Town
Some speedy sophomores are set to contest Saturday’s Robert G. Leavitt Stakes at Charles Town, among them the undefeated Loving Touch.
Charles Town horsemen hope purse boost spurs growth
Charles Town purses go up by about 17% starting tonight, and local horsemen hope the boost can bring horses and owners back to the track.
Roger Ramey, longtime fixture at Charles Town Races, passes
Roger Ramey, who helped Charles Town Races attain passage of legislation permitting slot machines, passed away August 1 at the age of 85.
For Grams barn, what’s old is new again
Runnin’toluvya and Moonlit Song are the two best recent Tim Grams trainees, and now he has their siblings, who faced off in a recent race.
Charles Town to see 17% purse hike
Charles Town Races will increase purses by about 17 percent, the result of recent legislation that returns to the track moneys that had earlier been taken from it.
Midlantic racing commissions cast wary eye at testing lab
Indiana terminated Truesdail Laboratories after it missed three positives. That’s cause for concern for four Midlantic racing commissions which employ Truesdail.
Grade 1 winners head Top Midlantic-bred Poll
A pair of Grade 1 winners — Dame Dorothy and Stellar Wind — top the most recent Top Midlantic-bred Poll, released today.
Star WV-bred Down Town Allen euthanized
Down Town Allen, the first West Virginia-bred distaffer to earn more than $1 million, was euthanized Monday as a result of injuries suffered April 18.
Kentucky Oaks fave Stellar Wind leads Top Midlantic-bred Poll
Stellar Wind, the favorite for the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks, is also the leader of the second Top Midlantic-bred Poll of 2015.
Paths diverge for Down Town Allen, Russell Road
Millionaire fan favorites Down Town Allen and Russell Road ran Saturday at Charles Town. Their differing results speak to vulnerabilities, and legacies.
A hip fracture for Shared Belief
Shared Belief, pulled up during Saturday’s Charles Town Classic, suffered a non-displaced hip fracture, co-owner Jim Rome said on Twitter.
For locals, mixed emotions on Charles Town Classic day
by Ted Black On an afternoon that many Charles Town racing fans will remember as the day that Shared Belief pulled up as the 3-10 favorite in the Grade 2, $1.5 million Charles Town Classic, a handful of local owners and trainers had plenty to savor on an undercard...
Moreno upsets Charles Town Classic; Shared Belief injured
Moreno posted an upset in today’s Grade 2 Charles Town Classic, in a race in which Shared Belief was injured.
Russell Road leads all the way in Confucius Say
Russell Road, the remarkable nine-year-old, led the field gate to wire to take the Confucius Say Stakes at Charles Town today.
