West Virginia Breeders’ Classics card worth $1.08 million

The nine-race West Virginia Breeders’ Classics card at Charles Town on Oct. 10 will be comprised entirely of stakes and offer a total of $1.08 million in purses.

The $500,000 West Virginia Breeders’ Classic, the richest statebred race in the United States, will top the card. The Classic is a 1 1/8-mile race.

The second-richest stakes on the card is the $150,000 West Virginia Cavada Breeders’ Classic. The Cavada is a seven-furlong race for West Virginia-bred fillies and mares.

There will be seven other stakes on the card with purses ranging from $50,000 to $70,000.

This will be the 29th edition of the West Virginia Breeders’ Classics. First post will be 7 p.m. Eastern.