A full field of 10 — plus an also-eligible — is entered in Saturday’s Grade 2, $1 million Charles Town Classic.
In a pair of preps for next month’s Charles Town stakes, Lake Ponchatrain is favored in the distaff version, while Runnin’toluvya dominated the boys’.
Runnin’toluvya earned his third straight stakes in Saturday’s A Huevo at Charles Town, wrapping up top older male honors at the track.
WV Breeders Classic champ Runnin’toluvya is the odds-on choice in the $50,000 A Huevo Stakes set for Charles Town Saturday night, but he’ll have to overcome hard-hitting North Atlantic.
Runnin’toluvya answered the only question facing him — could he get nine furlongs — with an emphatic score in the $300,000 WV Breeders Classic.
Fifteen offspring of local sire Fiber Sonde are in WV Breeders Classics races Saturday, including the favorites in the two biggest races, the Classic and the Cavada.
Trainer Tim Grams expects to saddle only three horses on WV Breeders Classics night. But Moonlit Song and Runnin’toluvya give him a shot to take the two biggest races on the card.
With Moonlit Song (6-5 in the Sadie Hawkins) and Runnin’toluvya (8-5 in the Frank Gall), trainer Tim Grams might be poised to have a big Saturday at CT.
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