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The West Virginia Derby is an American Grade III stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred race horses run over a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 miles on the dirt at Mountaineer Race Track in Chester, West Virginia in August. [1] The purse for the event is US$500,000. [1]
Over the past decade, competition from surrounding states increased, and purses have reduced. Mountaineer hosts the West Virginia Derby, a Grade III race that had significantly grown in stature and purse in the late 2000’s and early 2010’s to a Grade II race, but has also had its purse reduced and reverted to a Grade III race in recent ...
These are the 4½ furlong $200,000 Charles Town Invitational Dash for colts and geldings three-years-old and up, the $100,000 Lady Charles Town for 3-year-old fillies at 4½ furlongs, the $100,000 West Virginia Sprint Derby for 3-year-olds at 4½ furlongs, and the $100,000 Red Legend Stakes for 3-year-olds at seven furlongs.
The list of American and Canadian Graded races is a list of Thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada that meet the graded stakes standards maintained by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association [1] and the Jockey Club of Canada. A specific grade level (I, II, III or listed) is then ...
The opportunity to win the prestigious events is a key factor in many owners taking the plunge and investing in horse racing. Few races are more cherished than the Kentucky Derby, which will hold ...
Mine That Bird returned to racing with a 3rd-place finish in the West Virginia Derby on August 1, 2009. He then finished 9th in the 2009 Breeders' Cup Classic on November 7, 2009. New Mexico Horse of the Year
Wise Dan is a chestnut gelding with a narrow white blaze, bred in Kentucky by his owner Morton Fink, a Chicago-born businessman.He is the most successful racehorse to date sired by Wiseman's Ferry, whose biggest win came in the 2002 West Virginia Derby. [2]
T O Password, Just a Touch, West Saratoga, Catalytic, Society Man. These are just some of the horses set to race at the 2024 Kentucky Derby on Saturday. So, what's with those names?