Mountaineer Hosts West Virginia Derby Day with Trio of Stakes on Sunday CHESTER, WV — August 3, 2025 — Sunday’s card at Mountaineer Racetrack puts the region in the national spotlight with a trio of stakes races anchored by the Grade III $400,000 West Virginia Derby, supported by the $200,000 West Virginia Governor’s Stakes, and […]
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By Jarrod Horak The road to Kentucky Derby 2024 continues at Turfway Park on Saturday, March 2, and I have included John Battaglia Memorial Stakes 2024 picks below. The non-graded event for 3-year-olds has a $150,000 purse and the full field of entrants will be journeying 1 1/16 miles on the all-weather track. The Battaglia […]