Russell Road, the ageless warhorse who surpassed $2 million in career earnings and won the West Virginia Breeders Classic three times, has been retired.
Saturday’s Race for the Ribbon at Charles Town includes five Win and You’re In Races for next month’s West Virginia Breeders Classics (WVBC) – and excitement is mounting.
Runners trained by Jeff Runco and James W. Casey nabbed West Virginia Breeders Classic (WVBC) berths with wins Saturday, and two runners made winning sophomore debuts.
Trainer James W. Casey will send out the last two WV Breeders Classic winners Saturday: Charitable Annuity in the CT Classic and Russell Road in the Confucius Say.
Saturday’s West Virginia Breeders Classics (WVBC) is the state’s “Super Bowl Saturday” of racing, said one participant, and it’s about helping others.
Saturday’s $500,000 WV Breeders Classic will feature yet another clash between Lucy’s Bob Boy and Russell Road — spiced up by a talented supporting cast.
For different reasons, trainers James W. Casey — a Charles Town legend — and Kelly Breen hadn’t been to CT in 2015 — until both won big Saturday night.
Amherst Street, who won all five of his starts as a two year-old, will make his sophomore debut in Saturday’s Coin Collector Stakes at Charles Town.