Category: Features

Remembering Pete Medhurst

by Ted Black | Jan 22, 2025 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Features, Maryland, MD Racing | 0 |

Correspondent Ted Black, who’s known Pete Medhurst for decades, remembers him as much more than the voice familiar to the region.

Consistent Full Moon Lover outrunning expectations

by Ted Black | Jan 7, 2025 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Features, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |

Full Moon Lover didn’t show much in the mornings and was ignored in her debut but has gone on, mostly under the radar, to win 11 races.

Charles Town: 8 moments that mattered in 2024

by Ted Black | Jan 1, 2025 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Features, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |

From A to Z (well, actually more like W), eight stories that grabbed our attention during the past year at Charles Town Races.

Clubman, 10, retired after 20th victory

by Frank Vespe | Dec 30, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Features, Maryland, MD Racing | 1 |

He doesn’t want to retire, owner-trainer Joanne Shankle says, but 10-year-old Clubman, fresh off his 20th career win, will indeed retire.

“Miracle” horse All Caps wins first in two years

by Ted Black | Dec 18, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Features, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |

All Caps nearly died from an infection two years ago. So how did she get to the winner’s circle at Charles Town Saturday? “A miracle,” says her owner.

Bill Knauf: “The tools are here”

by Frank Vespe | Dec 17, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Features, Maryland, MD Business | 5 |

The new nonprofit Maryland track operator has its work cut out for it, but head Bill Knauf said he believes all the tools are in place for it to succeed.

Muad’dib celebrates million-dollar mark with win

by Ted Black | Dec 15, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Features, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |

Muad’dib, who inched past the million-dollar mark last month, put the exclamation mark on the achievement with a season-closing win Friday at Charles Town.

“He made dreams come true”: Galerio gets a soft landing

by Frank Vespe | Dec 12, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Features, Happy Endings, Maryland, MD Business | 2 |

Galerio won a stake and nearly $700,000, but it took some work, and the kindness of strangers, to get him the retirement he earned.

Maryland Juvenile: A mystery solved, decades later

by Vinnie Perrone | Dec 6, 2024 | Breaking, Features, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing, Top Stories | 0 |

Saturday’s Maryland Juvenile Stakes should be a fun race, but it’s unlikely to launch the careers of two Classic winners, like the 1982 edition did.

CT: Septarian off to speedy start

by Ted Black | Nov 26, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Features, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |

Two-year-old Septarian has hit the ground running, winning first out at Charles Town and then doubling up with a win at Laurel for Javier Contreras.

“Bittersweet moment” as Hessica hits retirement

by Ted Black | Nov 13, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Features, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |

Two-time WVBC Cavada winner Hessica couldn’t get one last win, settling for second November 9, but she’s had quite a career for owner-trainer Kristy Petty.