Coastal Mission passed his latest test with flying colors, winning the 1 1/8-mile Sam Huff WV Breeders Classic by nearly six lengths with consummate ease.
The two-year-old races on the West Virginia Breeders Classics card ran to form, with Direct the Cat dazzling and Jubawithatwist battling King Kontie.
Trainer Jeff Runco arrives at WVBC night with a strong hand, including the favorites in the Classic and potential history-maker Penguin Power.
Trainer Kristy Petty will have her hands full saddling seven horses on WV Breeders Classics night, her first WVBC without longtime partner John Casey.
Cyndy McKee, widow of owner-breeder-trainer John McKee, will keep busy this WV Breeders’ Classics night – by saddling two strong favorites.
Sweet Soddy J slipped through to upset the Timonium Juvenile Stakes and become the first homebred stakes winner for Lynn Cash’s Built Wright operation.
Stryda’s win in Friday’s Autumn Stakes will leave a mark on trainer Jamey Johnson, in more ways than one. It was one of four WV-bred stakes in Charles Town.
Skippylongstocking went right to the front and never looked back to earn his biggest payday in the Grade 2, $1 million Charles Town Classic Friday.
Trainer Jeff Runco has horses in six stakes Friday night at Charles Town, including Muad’dib, bidding for an upset in the Grade 2 Charles Town Classic.
It took Super Accelerate six tries to break his maiden, but the Maryland-bred will enter Friday’s Hilton Memorial at Charles Town on a 3-race heater.