Two-time WVBC Cavada winner Hessica couldn’t get one last win, settling for second November 9, but she’s had quite a career for owner-trainer Kristy Petty.
Juba’s Parade avenged her defeat in last month’s WVBC Distaff with a win in Saturday’s My Sister Pearl Stakes at Charles Town Races.
A win Saturday would give the Kristy Petty-trained Hessica an unprecedented third straight WVBC Cavada win and end her career in style.
Benefiting from the absence of defending champ Coastal Mission, 3yo Jubawithatwist is 3-5 on the morning line for Saturday’s WVBC Sam Huff Classic.
Jubawithatwist left no doubt in winning the Robert Leavitt Stakes by over 13 lengths and could start next in the $500,000 Robert Hilton Memorial next month.
Last year’s champion WV-bred two-year-old, Jubawithatwist started his 2024 0-for-2, but he bounced back to win the Coin Collector.
Two-year-olds Jubawithatwist and King Kontie tangled for the fourth time in Saturday’s West Virginia Futurity, with Jubawithatwist emerging on top again.
Hessica defended her WV Breeders Classics title with a stylish victory Saturday, helping trainer Kristy Petty to a two-win evening.
The two-year-old races on the West Virginia Breeders Classics card ran to form, with Direct the Cat dazzling and Jubawithatwist battling King Kontie.
Trainer Kristy Petty will have her hands full saddling seven horses on WV Breeders Classics night, her first WVBC without longtime partner John Casey.