
WVBC: Runco readies big group for “our Breeders’ Cup”
Trainer Jeff Runco looks to have contenders in eight of the nine WV Breeders Classics stakes in what he calls “our Breeders’ Cup.”

Trainer Jeff Runco looks to have contenders in eight of the nine WV Breeders Classics stakes in what he calls “our Breeders’ Cup.”

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.

While just one WV Breeders Classic “Win and You’re In” race has been run so far, six more are on the docket in the next couple months prior to WVBC 2018.

Three horses set West Virginia Breeders Classics stakes records on Saturday, and all-sources handle also established an event record.

Jockey Christian Hiraldo won three stakes on WV Breeders Classics night, including the Classic, aboard Charitable Annuity, and the Cavada with Moonlit Song.

Milloinaire West Virginia-bred Lucy’s Bob Boy was officially retired in a pre-race ceremony tonight at Charles Town, joining longtime rival Russell Road.

Trainer Manolo Mangual nearly died in a motorcycle accident in July. So you can understand his excitement at winning his first-ever stake tonight.

Ageless Greenway Court seeks his fourth WVBC Dash for Cash win, one among several wide open races on the card.

William and Mary would have been favored in the WVBC Moscarelli Memorial but is ineligible, the result of a clerical error, throwing the race wide open.

Tim Grams trainee Moonlit Song looks to put the exclamation point on a terrific 2017 with a win in Saturday’s WVBC Cavada.

Saturday’s Charles Town stakes served as the last five “Win and You’re In” races for next month’s West Virginia Breeders Classics (WVBC).

Follow the Notion didn’t race till age three and didn’t find his stride until five. Now six, the late-arriving runner is one of the best at Charles Town.
 
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