Given a lively pace to close into, Zip Start won her second straight WVBC race, taking the Cavada by three lengths.
On the also-eligible list until several runners scratched. Ryan’s Run made the most of it, drawing away to win the Coin Collector Stakes at Charles Town.
Beaten favorite in last fall’s WVBC Dash for Cash, Duncan Idaho reasserted his division supremacy with a third straight It’s Only Money win.
Trainer Anthony Farrior sent out five horses in Saturday allowances at Charles Town and came home with three wins and two seconds.
Charles Town correspondent Ted Black revisits 10 stories that mattered at the West Virginia oval in 2025.
Charles Town concluded its season with honors for leading rider Arnaldo Bocachica, trainer Anthony Farrior, and owners Ronney and Nicole Brown.
Henry Mercer Memorial Stakes winner Gurney Halleck rallied late that day and will look for another win in Saturday’s WVBC Moscarelli Memorial.
Jockey Arnaldo Bocachica thought he’d be lucky to get to 1000 wins, so hitting 3,000 on Wednesday was a reminder of all that went into the milestone.
Charles Town’s leading rider Arnaldo Bocachica hit a career milestone Wednesday with the 3,000th win of his career.
Second on debut two weeks ago, Gurney Halleck turned the tables with a rallying victory in the Henry Mercer Memorial Stakes at Charles Town Races.