A good racehorse has the power to change lives, and that’s been the case with Runnin’toluvya, who is the horse to beat Saturday night in the $150,000 West Virginia Breeders Classic at Charles Town. The Classic is the main event on a card of nine stakes. The races cater to different divisions and are restricted to horses bred in West Virginia. The program also features a late pick five that has a special low takeout rate of 12 percent. The 50-cent bet includes the Classic and runs on races 5-9. Runnin’toluvya, a Grade 2 winner of more than $1 million, at one point won 10 consecutive starts. He races for trainer Timothy Grams and his wife, Judy. “It’s a blessing to have a horse of this quality,” said Tim Grams. “He’s helped us pay a lot of bills.” The Gramses purchased Runnin’toluvya as a weanling from his breeder, Leslie Cromer, and have watched the now 6-year-old by Fiber Sonde develop into one of the top West Virginia-breds in history. He was the second horse the Grams’s purchased out of the mare Lov’emnrun. “Leslie asked us to come look at this horse, and Fiber Sonde, his sire, was really starting to get hot around here,” Grams said. “We liked that he was by that horse. We thought we’d like to have one of those.” The rest, as they say, is history. And this week, the Gramses hope history repeats itself – twice. Runnin’toluvya is looking for his second West Virginia Classic win behind his score in 2018. In addition, the couple on Thursday was to pick up their latest weanling purchase, a half-brother to Runnin’toluvya by Bandbox. As for the race, Runnin’toluvya rallied to win the local prep, the Frank Gall Memorial, in his last start Sept. 19 at Charles Town. He will be moving from seven furlongs to 1 1/8 miles Saturday. :: Want to get your Past Performances for free? Click to learn more. “I think he’ll be closer,” Grams said. “The horse right to the outside of us, Hero’s Man, will show some speed. He was in front going that seven-eighths of a mile. I think we’ll lay second or third, but close, and leaving the three-eighths pole, he’ll probably make his move from there.” Christian Hiraldo has the mount from post 6. North Atlantic, who was second in the Frank Gall, is one of three starters in the nine-horse race for trainer Jeff Runco. He also saddles Awsome Faith and Opera Nite. The second richest race on the card is the $100,000 West Virginia Cavada for fillies and mares over seven furlongs, which is a two-turn race at Charles Town. Bridging the Gap will be seeking to win her fourth straight race in a streak that started in August. Bridging the Gap won a local allowance at seven furlongs Aug. 7, a second allowance at Charles Town on Aug. 28, then in her most recent start Sept. 19 won the track’s Sadie Hawkins Stakes. “She’s quite sharp right now,” said John D. McKee, who owns and trains Bridging the Gap. Bridging the Gap, who wired her rivals in the Sadie Hawkins, will break from post 3 under Reshawn Latchman. “There will be some other speed in the race,” McKee said. “It’s going to depend on how they break. The break’s very important to her. “She doesn’t have to be on the lead. She runs a better race on the front.” McKee said Bridging the Gap has responded well to having three weeks between her recent races. The card opens with Dr. Feelgood chasing after his sixth consecutive win. He goes in the $70,000 Dash for Cash, which is for 3-year-olds and up at 4 1/2 furlongs. Dr. Feelgood has built his streak at the distance, starting in a November allowance at Charles Town. His latest win came in another local allowance, in which he romped by 7 1/2 lengths July 30. “He’s just got a tremendous stride on him,” said trainer Crystal Pickett. “He’s a nice, big horse that has a lot of natural speed. He’s an amazing athlete.” Dr. Feelgood, who is by Fiber Sonde, is 9 for 9 at 4 1/2 furlongs. He also has had success around two turns at Charles Town. “He’s a very versatile horse,” Pickett said. “As a 3-year-old he won at six and a half and seven furlongs. We just haven’t had to stretch out. There’s no difference in the value of the race – four and a half or seven eighths – and he’s such a superior horse going four and a half, why change something that’s working great?’’ Dr. Feelgood put up a career-high Beyer Speed Figure of 93 in his latest allowance score and it’s the best last-race number in the Dash for Cash. In his final work for Saturday, he drilled five-eighths in a bullet 1:00.40 on Oct. 1 at Laurel. “He’s definitely feeling good,” Pickett said. “He came out of the work really good. The cooler weather has got him squealing and playing in the morning when he’s out jogging with his pony. He’s training well into the race.” Darius Thorpe has the mount from post 5 for Jill Daniel.