Following the purse hike, maiden special weight’s will be run for $32,700 with allowance purses ranging from $33,900 to $38,700 while horses at the bottom rung of the claiming ranks will compete for no less than $9,700.  The purse increase will apply to both West Virginia-bred and unrestricted company.  The increase in the purse schedule comes on the heels of the track announcing it would again be supplementing West Virginia-bred stakes program allowing their purses to stand at $75,000 for 2022 and the Charles Town Classic (G2) and Charles Town Oaks (G3) receiving bumps to $1,000,000 and $500,000 respectively.