The teaming of trainer Jeff Runco and owner-breeder O’Sullivan Farm has paid early dividends, with a pair of promising youngsters earning recent maiden wins.
Three horses set West Virginia Breeders Classics stakes records on Saturday, and all-sources handle also established an event record.
Racing interests in West Virginia, through WV Racing United, will seek legislation to allow EquiLottery games as part of the state lottery.
The long-retired Confucius Say won the West Virginia Breeders Classic three times — with five years between the second and third — and the Onion Juice once.
The ongoing Charles Town HBPA election comes at a key moment for the state racing industry — and reveals stark differences among some horsemen.
Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races and the Charles Town Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association have agreed to terms on a new contract.
New legislation in West Virginia will reduce gaming’s support of Thoroughbreds, leaving Charles Town horsemen and breeders nervously eyeing the future.
In today’s RaceBrief, West Virginia horsemen fight to hang onto purse enhancements and a court upholds racing’s “absolute insurer” rule.