Her Smile Headlines Charles Town Oaks

Photo: Sue Kawczynski / Eclipse Sportswire

A trio of graded stakes winners headline a full field of 3-year-old fillies in Saturday night's $400,000 Charles Town Oaks at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races.


The seven-furlong Charles Town Oaks will be the featured event on the track's third annual Race for the Ribbon card.


Bobby Flay's Grade 1 winner, Her Smile, the lone Grade 1 winner in the field, will try to get back on track following her fourth-place finish in last month's Test (G1) at Saratoga, N.Y.


After a second-place finish in April's Comely (G3) at Aqueduct, N.Y., the Virginia-bred Her Smile was transferred to trainer Todd Pletcher's barn and made her first start for her new conditioner in the Kentucky Oaks (G1) four weeks later. An 11th place finish in the Kentucky Oaks led Pletcher to turn her back in distance for the Acorn (G1) on Belmont Stakes day.

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