With a stable that includes undefeated Muad’dib, promising juvenile Run to Daylight, and others, owner David Raim is hoping for a big WVBC night.
Fancy Her Up dominated the Rachel’s Turn Stakes in fast time on a Charles Town card where veteran Hypothesis and Run to Daylight also won stakes.
Following Charles Town Classic night, the top contenders for the biggest races on WV Breeders’ Classics (WVBC) night began to come into focus.
The bettors had it right, as favorites took three WV-bred races on Friday’s Charles Town Classic card, including Star of Night who won the Sadie Hawkins.
Friday’s state-bred Sadie Hawkins Stakes at Charles Town provides a rematch of Star of Night and Bridging the Gap, one-two in last year’s My SIster Pearl.
Star of Night earned West Virginia-bred Horse of the Year honors from the WVTBA, while six award winners were sired by Fiber Sonde.
Charles Town Races has come under fire this year for a spate of breakdowns, but trainers and jockeys at the track said it’s not the racing strip itself that’s to blame.
River Crosroad RVF has a little bit of talent — and an unfortunate habit of bolting off the racetrack and towards home.
Jockey Arnaldo Bocachica earned his 2,000th career win last week — and says he’s already looking ahead to what’s next.
Within the space of an hour January 8, promising WV-bred newcomers Ishihara and Missionsninetynine scored at first asking at Charles Town Races.