CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. - The inaugural Sprint Festival will be held Saturday at Charles Town Races & Slots.
The featured $200,000 Charles Town Invitational Dash, a 4 1/2-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds and upward, will be highlighted by Joey P. The multiple stakes winner will be seeking his first win outside of his native New Jersey, and jockey Travis Dunkelberger has the call.
The main competition for Joey P. could come from Pete's Wonder, who comes off a second-place finish to Ravalo in the Karl Boyes Memorial at Presque Isle Downs.
· The $100,000 Lady Charles Town will feature 10 3-year-old fillies.
Hadavision, coming off a win in the Peach Blossom at Delaware Park, and Casanova Killer, who led at every call except the last in the Grade 3 Miss Preakness Stakes at Pimlico on May 16th, will be the likely favorites.