Charles Town news and notes
We look ahead at the racing week to come at Charles Town Races, plus some sad news about top local runner Parisian Diva.
We look ahead at the racing week to come at Charles Town Races, plus some sad news about top local runner Parisian Diva.
Parisian Diva, last year’s top sophomore WV-bred filly, has only raced once in 2020 but is nearing her return to action.
Two of last year’s top WV-bred distaffers — Anna’s Bandit and Parisian Diva — are set to meet for the first time in Charles Town’s $50,000 Original Gold.
Charles Town returns to action with full fields and the return of local star Parisian Diva, who makes her season debut on Friday.
Sunday’s WV-bred awards honored the best West Virginia-breds, and in several categories, the voters couldn’t pick just one.
Anna’s Bandit and Parisian Diva, who won different WVBC races Saturday, may be on a Maryland Million collision course.
On Saturday’s WVBC undercard, runners like Hypothesis, Loving Touch, and Parisian Diva all showed they have bright futures with flashy scores.
Despite a small stable, trainer Crystal Pickett will send out two morning line favorites in Saturday’s WVBC stakes – our undercard preview.
Several runners in last Saturday’s WV-bred races at Charles Town are eyeing their next moves, and the WV Breeders Classics picture began to grow clearer.
Locally-based Parisian Diva will try to duplicate Late Night Pow Wow’ 2018 win in the G3 Charles Town Oaks in trainer Stacey Viands’ first graded try.