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Penguin Power
08
Oct
  • Charles Town Races
  • Jeff Runco
  • North Atlantic
  • Penguin Power
  • Star of Nigh
  • Stowe Angel
  • West Virginia Breeders Classics
  • West Virginia horse racing

WVBC: Jeff Runco loaded for bear

  • Ted Black / 5 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

Veteran trainer jeff Runco is scheduled to send out 15 runners in the nine West Virginia Breeders Classics, with four of them the morning line favorite.

Runnin'toluvya
20
Sep
  • Charles Town Races
  • Christian Hiraldo
  • Frank Gall Memorial S.
  • Henry Mercer S.
  • Hopping Henry
  • John McKee
  • Juba
  • Michael Sterling
  • Rachel's Turn S.
  • Reshawn Latchman
  • Runnin'toluvya
  • Sadie Hawkins S.
  • Tim Grams
  • Wesley Ho
  • West Virginia horse racing

Runnin’toluvya outduels Penguin Power in Gall

  • Ted Black / 5 years
  • 0
  • 8 min read

Runnin’toluvya outdueled rival Penguin Power to win the Gall Memorial, and sire Juba got his first stakes winner on a night of stakes at Charles Town.

Penguin Power
18
Sep
  • Charles Town Races
  • Frank Gall Memorial S.
  • Henry Mercer S.
  • Jeff Runco
  • John McKee
  • Penguin Power
  • Rachel's Turn S.
  • Runnin'toluvya
  • Sadie Hawkins S.
  • Tim Grams
  • West Virginia horse racing

Penguin Power-Runnin’toluvya clash tops CT stakes

  • Ted Black / 5 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

Top Charles Town runners Runnin’toluvya and Penguin Power will clash in Saturday’s Frank Gall Memorial, which tops a card with four stakes.

Sunday Diaz Jr.
11
Sep
  • Charles Town Races
  • J.D. Brown
  • Relentless Dancer
  • Robert Hilton Memorial S.
  • Sunday Diaz Jr.
  • West Virginia horse racing

For Sunday Diaz, Jr., success worth the weight

  • Ted Black / 5 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Like a lot of jockeys, Sunday Diaz, Jr. has had to overcome weight issues. But in his case, they occurred well before his career even started.

Sleepy Eyes Todd
28
Aug
  • Carlos Delgado
  • Charles Town Classic
  • Charles Town Races
  • David Cobb
  • Sleepy Eyes Todd
  • West Virginia horse racing

Sleepy Eyes Todd awakens to CT Classic win

  • Ted Black / 5 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

What looked on paper like a wide-open Charles Town Classic turned out to be anything but as Sleepy Eyes Todd romped to a record-setting victory.

Fly On Angel
28
Aug
  • Charles Town Oaks
  • Charles Town Races
  • Claudio Gonzalez
  • Fly on Angel
  • Fredy Peltroche
  • West Virginia horse racing

Fly On Angel has just enough in CT Oaks

  • Ted Black / 5 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Fly On Angel threw down testing early fractions and then had just enough to hold off the closers to win the Grade 3 Charles Town Oaks Friday night.

Bourbon Calling
28
Aug
  • Arnaldo Bocachica
  • Charles Town Races
  • Christian Hiraldo
  • Dance to Bristol S.
  • J.D. Acosta
  • Jeff Runco
  • Robert Hilton Memorial S.
  • Robert Leavitt Memorial Stake
  • Russell Road S.
  • Star of Nigh
  • Stowe Angel
  • Sunday Diaz Jr.
  • Sylvia Bishop Memorial S.
  • West Virginia horse racing

Charles Town jocks share wealth on Classic night

  • Frank Vespe / 5 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

With the big name jocks home because of Covid-19, local riders spread the wealth around, with six different jocks winning stakes.

Arnaldo Bocachica
28
Aug
  • Arnaldo Bocachica
  • Billy Kennedy
  • Charles Town Classic
  • Charles Town Oaks
  • Charles Town Races
  • J.D. Acosta
  • J.D. Brown
  • Steve Paras
  • Sunday Diaz Jr.
  • West Virginia horse racing

Charles Town jocks “buzzing” with big opportunities

  • Ted Black / 5 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

With Covid-19 keeping big-name jockeys home, riders based at Charles Town get a big and rare opportunity to have live mounts in graded races this evening.

Lewisfield
27
Aug
  • Charles Town Classic
  • Charles Town Races
  • Jeff Runco
  • Lewisfield
  • Robert Leavitt Memorial Stake
  • Russell Road S.
  • Star of Nigh
  • Stowe Angel
  • Sylvia Bishop Memorial S.
  • West Virginia horse racing

Runco seeking hat trick on CT Classic undercard

  • Ted Black / 5 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

Trainer Jeff Runco, who won the first two runnings of the Charles Town Classic, has three live runners in stakes on this year’s Classic undercard.

Hopeful Growth
26
Aug
  • Anthony Margotta Jr
  • Charles Town Oaks
  • Charles Town Races
  • Gifted Heart
  • Hopeful Growth
  • Ian Wilkes
  • Phil Schoenthal
  • Saffie Joseph Jr.
  • West Virginia horse racing

Graded winners to clash in Charles Town Oaks

  • Press Release / 5 years
  • 0
  • 8 min read

Three graded winners, including Grade 1 winner Wicked Whisper and Grade 2 winner Tonalist’s Shape, will clash in Friday’s Grade 3 Charles Town Oaks.

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