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Muad'dib
23
Jun
  • Charles Town Races
  • Jeff Runco
  • Muad'dib
  • West Virginia horse racing

Muad’dib back on track – and thinking big

  • Ted Black / 3 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

Two-time WV-bred horse of the year Muad’dib snapped a brief losing streak June 16, and his connections are targeting the biggest local race.

Coastal Mission
23
Apr
  • Charles Town Races
  • Coastal Mission
  • Confucius Say S.
  • Denis Araujo
  • Gerald Almodovar
  • Jeff Runco
  • West Virginia horse racing

Coastal Mission sails to Confucius Say victory

  • Ted Black / 3 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

In a deep and contentious renewal of the Confucius Say Stakes, Coastal Mission proved best in what amounted to his first local stakes try.

Muad'dib Funkhouser Memorial
13
Nov
  • Arnaldo Bocachica
  • Charles Town Races
  • Jeff Runco
  • John Funkhouser
  • Muad'dib
  • Randy Funkhouser Memorial S.
  • West Virginia horse racing

Muad’dib scores again in Funkhouser Memorial

  • Ted Black / 3 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

Muad’dib remained undefeated against WV-breds with a surprisingly tough score in the Randy Funkhouser Memorial Stakes Saturday at Charles Town.

Muad'dib
09
Oct
  • Arnaldo Bocachica
  • David Raim
  • Jeff Runco
  • Muad'dib
  • West Virginia Breeders Classics
  • West Virginia horse racing

Muad’dib powers to WVBC Classic repeat

  • Ted Black / 3 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

Muad’dib withstood a strong challenge from an unexpected source to win the WV Breeders’ Classic for the second straight year.

Penguin Power
08
Oct
  • Arnaldo Bocachica
  • David Raim
  • Jeff Runco
  • Penguin Power
  • West Virginia Breeders Classics
  • West Virginia horse racing

Penguin Power earns fourth WVBC victory

  • Ted Black / 3 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

Penguin Power scored in the WVBC Dash for Cash to become just the second horse to win four WVBC events.

Paymengold
07
Oct
  • Anthony Farrior
  • Charles Town Races
  • Dewayne Johnson
  • Honeyquist
  • Jeff Runco
  • Paymengold
  • Pinnacle Reef
  • Sail On Breeze
  • Strong Willed
  • West Virginia Breeders Classics
  • West Virginia horse racing
  • Xcellent Start

WVBC: Seeking clarity in 2yo stakes

  • Ted Black / 3 years
  • 3
  • 5 min read

Saturday’s juvenile West Virginia Breeders’ Classics (WVBC) 2yo stakes could bring some clarity to a division in which upsets have been the norm.

The Sky Is Falling
26
Sep
  • Charles Town Races
  • Jeff Runco
  • Muad'dib
  • Star of Night
  • The Sky Is Falling
  • West Virginia Breeders Classic Cavada
  • West Virginia Breeders Classics
  • West Virginia horse racing

WVBC: The Sky Is Falling pointing to Cavada

  • Ted Black / 4 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

Three-year-old The Sky Is Falling bested her elders last out in the Sadie Hawkins Stakes and now is pointing to the Oct. 8 WV Cavada Breeders’ Classic.

17
Sep
  • Charles Town Races
  • Henry Mercer S.
  • Jeff Runco
  • Rachel's Turn S.
  • Sail On Breeze
  • West Virginia horse racing
  • Xcellent Start

Jeff Runco eyeing 2yo stakes sweep

  • Frank Vespe / 4 years
  • 3
  • 3 min read

Trainer Jeff Runco will saddle the morning line favorite for both of Saturday’s 2-year-old Charles Town stakes with Xcellent Start and Sail On Breeze.

Muad'dib
25
Aug
  • Charles Town Classic
  • Charles Town Races
  • Jeff Runco
  • Muad'dib
  • West Virginia horse racing

Muad’dib swinging for the fences in CT Classic

  • Ted Black / 4 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

Undefeated Charles Town star Muad’dib will put his 10-race win streak on the line in Friday’s Grade 2 Charles Town Classic.

Star of Night
19
Aug
  • Charles Town Races
  • Jeff Runco
  • Star of Nigh
  • West Virginia horse racing

WV-bred champ Star of Night retired

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

Star of Night, a daughter of Creative Cause who became two-time West Virginia-bred Horse of the Year, has been retired.

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