West Virginia
April Midlantic stakes schedule
Which stakes are taking place this month around the Mid-Atlantic? Answers within.
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.
WV-bred sophomores could kindle memorable rivalries
The arrival of Marshall Peanut, Time to Rock, and others could make for a very interesting season for West Virginia-bred sophomores.
Charles Town jockeys and trainers to watch
Which Charles Town jockeys and trainers are winning more than their odds would predict? We crunch the numbers.
Charles Town announces 2024 stakes slate
Charles Town released its 2024 stakes schedule, with two of its open stakes receiving boosts to $500,000. The stakes action kicks off April 13.
WVBC: Salty crew set for Dash for Cash
Hypothesis, Golden Key, and Aaron’s Tap, who’ve taken turns beating each other, square off in the WVBC Dash for Cash Saturday at Charles Town.
WVBC: North Atlantic back for fifth Classic try
Eight-year-old North Atlantic will make his fifth start in the WV Breeders Classic – seventh WVBC start overall – Saturday and figures to have a big shot.
WV Breeders’ Classics: Five story lines
With the West Virginia Breeders’ Classics coming up Saturday, October 9, here are five story lines we’ll be following on the big night.
WVBC: Allen seeks “a little luck” for Awsome Faith
Awsome Faith hasn’t won since his 37-1 shocker in last year’s WV Breeders’ Classic. Owner-trainer Scotty Allen hopes that changes this Saturday.
Charles Town picks and analysis: October 2
We provide picks and analysis for this evening’s card at Charles Town Races.
Charles Town picks and horses to watch: October 1
We’ve got Charles Town picks and preview today as the track presents its Friday card!
Stories that mattered in ’18: The rise of sports betting
Legalized in mid-year, sports betting was by the end of 2018 having significant impacts on the gambling landscape throughout the Mid-Atlantic.
Mandatory payout in Charles Town Pick 6 tonight
Charles Town sports a carryover of more than $250,000 in its Pick 6, and it all gets paid out tonight!
Stories that mattered in ’18: Late Night Pow Wow runs to prominence
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.
Jocks Hiraldo, Rodriguez sentenced on drug charges
Charles Town-based Jockeys Christian Hiraldo and Guillermo Rodriguez were sentenced recently on cocaine possession charges.
WV Racing Commission approves Charles Town stakes schedule
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.
“Crookedest foal” Ava O running on the straight and narrow
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 dominates in Eleanor Casey Memorial
Parisian Diva was tons the best in a facile, five-length score in Saturday’s Eleanor Casey Memorial Stakes at Charles Town.
Seven fillies hunting first stakes win in Eleanor Casey Memorial
Saturday’s Eleanor Casey Memorial Stakes brings together seven juvenile fillies gunning for their first stakes win.
T Rex Express dominates in My Sister Pearl
T Rex Express ran her record to three-for-three at nine furlongs with a dominant win in the $50,000 My Sister Pearl Stakes at Charles Town.
