“Bittersweet moment” as Hessica hits retirement
Two-time WVBC Cavada winner Hessica couldn’t get one last win, settling for second November 9, but she’s had quite a career for owner-trainer Kristy Petty.
Read Moreby Ted Black | Nov 13, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Features, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |
Two-time WVBC Cavada winner Hessica couldn’t get one last win, settling for second November 9, but she’s had quite a career for owner-trainer Kristy Petty.
Read Moreby The Biz | Nov 10, 2024 | Breaking, Press release recap, Racing, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |
Juba’s Parade avenged her defeat in last month’s WVBC Distaff with a win in Saturday’s My Sister Pearl Stakes at Charles Town Races.
Read Moreby Ted Black | Oct 11, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Race Preview, Racing, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |
A win Saturday would give the Kristy Petty-trained Hessica an unprecedented third straight WVBC Cavada win and end her career in style.
Read Moreby Press Release | Oct 11, 2024 | Breaking, Press release preview, Racing, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |
Benefiting from the absence of defending champ Coastal Mission, 3yo Jubawithatwist is 3-5 on the morning line for Saturday’s WVBC Sam Huff Classic.
Read Moreby Ted Black | Jul 21, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Race Recap, Racing, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |
Jubawithatwist left no doubt in winning the Robert Leavitt Stakes by over 13 lengths and could start next in the $500,000 Robert Hilton Memorial next month.
Read Moreby Ted Black | May 12, 2024 | Breaking, Bylined Race Recap, Racing, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |
Last year’s champion WV-bred two-year-old, Jubawithatwist started his 2024 0-for-2, but he bounced back to win the Coin Collector.
Read Moreby Ted Black | Nov 26, 2023 | Breaking, Bylined Race Recap, Racing, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |
Two-year-olds Jubawithatwist and King Kontie tangled for the fourth time in Saturday’s West Virginia Futurity, with Jubawithatwist emerging on top again.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Oct 14, 2023 | Breaking, Bylined Race Recap, Racing, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |
Hessica defended her WV Breeders Classics title with a stylish victory Saturday, helping trainer Kristy Petty to a two-win evening.
Read Moreby Ted Black | Oct 14, 2023 | Breaking, Bylined Race Recap, Racing, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |
The two-year-old races on the West Virginia Breeders Classics card ran to form, with Direct the Cat dazzling and Jubawithatwist battling King Kontie.
Read Moreby Ted Black | Oct 13, 2023 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Racing, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |
Trainer Kristy Petty will have her hands full saddling seven horses on WV Breeders Classics night, her first WVBC without longtime partner John Casey.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Oct 8, 2022 | Breaking, Racing, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |
Hessica sat a perfect trip under Antonio Lopez and powered to an upset in the WVBC Cavada Saturday at Charles Town Races.
Read Moreby Ted Black | Nov 11, 2020 | Breaking, Features, Top Stories, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |
Trainer Kristy Petty has sent out only three horses so far this year, but after the West Virginia Futurity, two of them are stakes-placed.
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