Among the week’s maiden breakers were longshot Ten Oaks Miss at Laurel, as well as three graduates for Jeff Runco and two for Ronney Brown.
We catch up with the week in Charles Town racing.
Lewisfield dazzled in winning the Not for Love Stakes Saturday at Laurel Park.
Trainer Jeff Runco looks to have contenders in eight of the nine WV Breeders Classics stakes in what he calls “our Breeders’ Cup.”
Laki and Lewisfield — one-two in their MATCH Series division, each with a chance at the overall title — reconvene Saturday in a rugged renewal of the De Francis Dash.
Two weeks ago, debut juveniles Parisian Diva and Amelia Bedelia impressed in their debuts. Saturday at Charles Town, they’re slated to face each other in the Rachel’s Turn Stakes.
Trainer Jeff Runco has had high hopes for Opera Nite from day one, and the three-year-old is delivering, Thursday night winning his second straight.
Three-year-old Hot Headed Gal, who narrowly averted death in the disastrous San Luis Rey fire, looks to go two-for-two in her career tonight at Charles Town.
Maryland-bred Lewisfield, trained at Charles Town by Jeff Runco, will make his graded stakes debut in the G3 Maryland Sprint Saturday at Pimlico.
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