West Virginia
Charles Town picks and analysis: June 28, 2025
Picks and analysis for tonight’s card at Charles Town Races!
Charles Town: Latest jockey and trainer stats
Which Charles Town jockeys and trainers are having a good meet? Who’s doing better than you’d think? Or heating up now? Answers within.
What to watch at Charles Town this weekend
What’s on tap at Charles Town Races? Here are a handful of races and runners we’ll have our eyes on.
Charles Town: Latest jockey and trainer stats
Which Charles Town jockeys and trainers are having a good meet? Who’s doing better than you’d think? Or heating up now? Answers within.
Coal Battle’s West Virginia connection
Kentucky Derby contender Coal Battle has a couple of big fans in West Virginia, whose connection is through the horse’s WV-bred dam.
WVBC: McKee hopes pair of runners will repeat
Owner-breeder-trainer Cynthia McKee is hoping to send out two WVBC runners who won races on that card last year and a third who’s the most formful of all.
Charles Town picks and analysis: September 14, 2024
We’ve got full-card picks and analysis for this evening’s race card from Charles Town Races!
Skippylongstocking doubles up in Charles Town Classic
Skippylongstocking showed ’em his heels Friday night to become the third runner to win the Grade 2, $1 million Charles Town Classic in consecutive years.
“Money” Mike Smith’s adventurous visit to Charles Town
Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith had quite a visit to Charles Town that included a gate scratch, a last-place finish, and a win in the G2 Charles Town Oaks.
Free Like a Girl, Valentine Candy score in CT stakes
Free Like a Girl and Valentine Candy contributed upset wins in Charles Town’s Pink Ribbon and Hilton Memorial Stakes Friday night.
Charles Town picks and analysis: August 23, 2024
We’ve got full-card picks and analysis for this evening’s race card from Charles Town Races!
Passings: Joe Servis, Bobby Ussery
In recent days, Charles Town Hall of Famer Joe Servis, a former jockey and steward, and national Hall of Fame jockey Bobby Ussery passed away.
Coastal Mission strong favorite in Funkhouser Mem’l
Coastal Mission dominated the field in last month’s Sam Huff WV Breeders Classic, and he looms a towering favorite in Saturday’s Randy Funkhouser Memorial.
Jock Larry Reynolds mounting comeback at 53
Jockey Larry Reynolds, a winner of nearly 3,400 races in a career that ended in 2013, is mounting a comeback at age 53 and has two wins so far.
Someday Is Today – again – in My Sister Pearl
Someday Is Today burst away from her rivals in the lane to take the My Sister Pearl Stakes by six lengths Saturday at Charles Town Races.
Someday Is Today back for more in My Sister Pearl
Someday Is Today romped in the WVBC DIstaff and returns as the favorite in Saturday’s My Sister Pearl Stakes for state-breds at Charles Town.
Direct the Cat romps in Casey Memorial
Direct the Cat won her fourth straight race with consummate ease in Saturday’s James and Eleanor Casey Memorial Stakes at Charles Town Races.
Charles Town: Direct the Cat a handful in Casey Memorial
Direct the Cat looks for a fourth straight win in Saturday’s James and Eleanor Casey Memorial Stakes, plus picks for the evening’s card.
Mares bred figs continue steady decline
The Jockey Club’s report of mares bred indicates that for the eighth straight year, fewer mares were bred than in the previous year.
Ageless Penguin Power continues to amaze connections
The ageless Penguin Power is, to his connections’ amazement, still going strong at eight and recently became the first horse to win five WVBC races.
