Nine of last year’s 10 winners on West Virginia Breeders Classics are expected to try it again Saturday, including Sam Huff champ Teachintherelease.
Following an easy allowance win, Teachintherelease will likely follow a similar path this year as last when he was WV-bred horse of the year.
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West Virginia-bred Teachintherelease, a dominant winner of five straight at Charles Town, looks to carry his form to Laurel in Saturday’s Manfuso.
Teachintherelease dominated Saturday’s Randy Funkhouser Memorial to complete a sweep of Charles Town’s three big stakes for older runners.
WVBC Sam Huff winner Teachintherelease is the 1-5 favorite to defend his title in Saturday’s Randy Funkhouser Memorial at Charles Town.
Onetime $20,000 claimer Teachintherelease destroyed the field in Saturday’s WVBC Sam Huff Classic, winning by 14 lengths.
Five-year-old Teachintherelease enters Saturday’s Sam Huff Classic as a strong favorite to give trainer Stephen Murdock his first WVBC win.
Four state-bred stakes supporting Friday’s G2 Charles Town Classic helped to bring the October 11 West Virginia Breeders’ Classics into focus.
Teachintherelease got an unexpectedly easy early lead and turned that into a front-running score in Saturday’s Randy Funkhouser Memorial Stakes.