Charles Town Classic


The Charles Town Classic is an American Thoroughbred horse race for older horses and is run at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races in Charles Town, West Virginia. Inaugurated in 2009, it's set at a distance of 1 mile and 1/8 on the dirt and carries a purse of $1,500,000. The track design itself is more demanding, it is a 6 furlong oval, instead of 1 mile which is the way most newer tracks are built. The final times will appear slower, as compared to 1 mile oval times, especially for longer races, due to added turns of a 6 furlong track.
Charles Town Track Officials announced a new purse layout for the 2015 running of this race in order to attract the brightest stars in racing. This means that if the winner of the Classic has also won prestigious races there is $500,000 set aside from the purse for their Classic success.
Charles Town Track officials announced in December 2015 that the purse for the 2016 running of the Charles Town Classic would be reduced to $1,250,000.

Grade & Purse

Records

Speed Record:
Most Wins:
Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2019Runnin’toluvya5Oscar FloresTimothy C. GramsGram Racing Stables1:50.56
2018Something Awesome7Edgar PradoJose CorralesStronach Stables1:50.84
2017Imperative7Javier CastellanoRobert B. Hess, Jr.Loooch Racing Stables, Inc. and Imaginary Stables1:53.05
2016Stanford4Javier CastellanoTodd PletcherStonestreet Stables/Magnier et al1:50.55
2015Moreno5Cornelio VelasquezEric J. GuillotSouthern Equine Stable1:48.81
2014Imperative4Kent DesormeauxGeorge PapaprodromouKM Racing Enterprise1:50.56
2013Game On Dude6Mike E. SmithBob BaffertLanni Family Trust, Mercedes Stable LLC, & Schiappa1:49.93
2012Caixa Eletronica7Javier CastellanoTodd PletcherMike Repole1:50.28
2011Duke of Mischief5Joe BravoDavid FawkesLieblong, McMaster & Fawkes1:51.13
2010Researcher6Luis PerezJeff RuncoKinross Corp1:49.94
2009Researcher5Kendrick CarmoucheJeff RuncoRutledge Farm1:49.76

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