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Russell Road
24
Mar
  • advance deposit wagering
  • Charles Town Races
  • Erich Zimny
  • Joe Funkhouser
  • West Virginia horse racing
  • WV Racing United

WV racing advocates seek ADW bill

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

The bill, supported by WV Racing United and Charles Town Races, would initiate a source market fee on ADW wagers in the Mountain State.

23
Mar
  • Charles Town Races
  • Hubert Gaffney
  • West Virginia horse racing

For jack-of-all trades Gaffney, a burgeoning career and a new reason to stay home

  • Ted Black / 8 years
  • 1
  • 7 min read

He’s been a groom, a jock’s agent, an on-air analyst. Now trainer Hubert Gaffney has a growing barn — and a compelling reason to come home each day.

21
Mar
  • Charles Town Classic
  • Charles Town Races
  • West Virginia horse racing

Charles Town Classic day to feature guaranteed $100k Pick Four

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

The Charles Town Classic wagering menu will feature a guaranteed $100,000 Pick Four. The big day is April 22.

Stanford
14
Mar
  • Charles Town Classic
  • Charles Town Races
  • Erich Zimny
  • West Virginia horse racing

Charles Town Classic to be on Fox Sports 2

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

This year’s Charles Town Classic will be televised on Fox Sports 2 as part of NYRA’s television package.

Slip the Cable
13
Mar
  • Brad Cummings
  • Charles Town Races
  • EquiLottery
  • West Virginia horse racing

EquiLottery bill introduced in West Virginia

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

Legislation that would enable EquiLottery in West Virginia was introduced today, with 10 delegates signed on.

11
Mar
  • Charles Town Races
  • Jeff Runco
  • Jose Montano
  • West Virginia horse racing

Charles Town jockeys: Alternate stats

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

Which Charles Town jocks and trainers are having big years? Our new metric points to some you’d expect – and others flying under the radar.

Moonlit Song
09
Mar
  • Charles Town Races
  • Fancy Buckles S.
  • Its Binn Too Long S.
  • Moonlit Song
  • Tim Grams
  • West Virginia horse racing

Grams’s outfit looks to outrun modest size

  • Ted Black / 8 years
  • 1
  • 8 min read

Trainer Tim Grams and his wife Judy have a modest breeding operation which has thrown plenty of useful runners, the latest of which, Moonlit Song, is a stakes hopeful.

07
Mar
  • Charles Town Races
  • handle
  • Laurel Park
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Parx Racing
  • Penn National

A flat February for Midlantic handle

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

February’s Midlantic average handle was basically flat versus the prior month; Laurel Park led with an average over $2.1 million, while Parx’s increase of 9 percent was tops.

23
Feb
  • Bethanny Roll
  • Charles Town Races
  • Katherine Turnbull
  • West Virginia horse racing

Turnbull, Roll leading from behind — the camera

  • Ted Black / 8 years
  • 1
  • 7 min read

At many tracks young women are prominent in front of the camera as racing analysts; at Charles Town Katherine Turnbull and Bethanny Roll are thriving behind it.

Follow the Notion
18
Feb
  • Charles Town Races
  • Follow the Notion
  • Gary Williams Jr.
  • West Virginia Breeders Classics
  • West Virginia horse racing

Late-arriving Follow the Notion making a belated mark

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

Follow the Notion didn’t race till age three and didn’t find his stride until five. Now six, the late-arriving runner is one of the best at Charles Town.

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