Eight-year-old North Atlantic will make his fifth start in the WV Breeders Classic – seventh WVBC start overall – Saturday and figures to have a big shot.
With the West Virginia Breeders’ Classics coming up Saturday, October 9, here are five story lines we’ll be following on the big night.
Awsome Faith hasn’t won since his 37-1 shocker in last year’s WV Breeders’ Classic. Owner-trainer Scotty Allen hopes that changes this Saturday.
With a stable that includes undefeated Muad’dib, promising juvenile Run to Daylight, and others, owner David Raim is hoping for a big WVBC night.
John McKee had a huge West Virginia Breeders Classics night, winning multiple races in his roles as owner, trainer, breeder, and stallion owner.
Awsome Faith, a 35-1 longshot, rallied late to win a thrilling renewal of the West Virginia Breeders Classic.
Favored Bridging the Gap was fractious in the gate but good as gold once it opened and went on to post a dominant win in the WVBC Cavada.
The favorites were up the track in both WVBC races for two-year-olds, with Youthinkthatsfunny and That Kenney Kid taking advantage to win.
A $15,000 claim from her last start, She Figures didn’t really figure in the WVBC Distaff Saturday night but nevertheless was a dominant winner.
In Saturday’s WVBC Moscarelli Memorial, favored Hopping Henry will get blinkers on and try to stretch out – and keep from drifting as in his last two.
When she was three, Bridging the Gap suffered a case of EPM so severe a vet recommended she be put down. Saturday she’ll be the favorite in the WVBC Cavada.
Veteran trainer jeff Runco is scheduled to send out 15 runners in the nine West Virginia Breeders Classics, with four of them the morning line favorite.
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