Trainer Butch Reid has runners in five Pimlico stakes this weekend, and the U-Maryland grad says it’s special to have his first Preakness starter.
Last year’s champion WV-bred two-year-old, Jubawithatwist started his 2024 0-for-2, but he bounced back to win the Coin Collector.
Trainer Ronney Brown’s good season got even better when Lightnin Runner scored in the Original Gold — named for his best trainee to date.
Indicator will always have special meaning for his connections after giving jockey Megan Reap – wife of trainer Vernon Greaves – her first win.
In a roughly run renewal of the Confucius Say Stakes at Charles Town Races, 25-1 outsider Espresso led throughout to pull the big upset.
A flashy debut score for WV-bred Pork Chop Pete has trainer Javier Contreras and owners O’Sullivan Farms and Alex Kazdan on an upswing.
Jockey Larry Reynolds took a decade away from riding, but now that he’s back it’s like he never left, and even the faces in the jocks’ room are similar.
Coastal Mission, who dominated state-bred foes and beat open company, was named WV-bred Horse of the Year Sunday at the WV breeders banquet.
Six-year-old Boss E Boogs may be the result of a free breeding, but he sure is paying dividends for trainer-owner-breeder Tabitah Wilhelm.
The late John McKee bred two of the top WV-breds of recent years. Now Overnight Pow Wow, their full sister, looks to carry on that legacy.
