Saturday’s Confucius Say Stakes at Charles Town has only five runners, but it’s a rugged group topped by graded winner Runnin’toluvya.
The top five from the West Virginia Breeders’ Classic all return — but Onion Juice winner Penguin Power is favored in the A Huevo Stakes Saturday.
Three-time stake winner William and Mary is 9-5 on the morning line for the Leavitt Memorial Stakes Saturday — a key prep for the WV Breeders Classics in October.
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.