Forced to scratch last year, trainer John Casey and 2012 Cavada champ Down Town Allen aim to take that race Saturday at the West Virginia Breeders Classics.
On tap: a trio of Parx Racing stakes, while Laurel and Charles Town prepare for their biggest state-bred days.
Millionaire and two-time winner Russell Road will seek his third West Virginia Breeders Classic title, but he’ll face two other previous winners on October 18.
Ramon Dominguez will kick off W.V. Breeders Classics day — nine races for West Virginia-breds with $1.2 million in purses — at its Breakfast of Champions.
On tap: no stakes but plenty of racing action in the mid-Atlantic.
In our latest “Behind the numbers” feature, we discover that it pays to be a trainer at Parx Racing – something with which Chad Brown would certainly agree.
Six years ago Phil Schoenthal learned the danger of jinxing his horses. Saturday he avoided that, and Miss Behaviour romped in the Grade 3 Charles Town Oaks.
California Chrome. Untapable. Miss Behaviour. Graded stakes at three different tracks. What’s on tap this weekend is a heady brew, indeed.
The goal in creating the Charles Town Oaks was to find a cozy spot on the calendar to create a “splash event.” Six years later, it’s mission accomplished.
Speedy Miss Behaviour, recently second in a pair of graded Saratoga races, headlines a solid group in Saturday’s Grade 3 Charles Town Oaks.