Charitable Annuity WV-Bred Horse of Year

Mark Russell's Charitable Annuity, who won seven of 10 starts including the West Virginia Breeders' Classic last year, was named 2015 West Virginia-Bred Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old male.

Charitable Annuity, a 4-year-old gelding by Charitable Man out of the Luftikus mare Early Annuity, was bred by Donald Duvall and is trained by James W. Casey. Other West Virginia-bred champions for 2015 as selected by the West Virginia Thoroughbred Breeders Association are as follows:

2-year-old filly: Aye a Song (Fiber Sonde), bred and owned by John McKee.

2-year-old male: Bullets Fever (Fiber Sonde), bred by John McKee and owned by David Rain.

3-year-old filly: Navy Ribbon (Pure Prize), bred and owned by Coleswood Farm and Neil Glasser.

Older filly or mare: Cuppa Mocha Mojo (Mikimoto's Mojo), bred and owned by Teri Catlett.

Older male: Lucy's Bob Boy (Flatter  ), bred by Robert Furr Sr. and owned by Michael Furr; and Hidden Canyon (Fiber Sonde), bred by John McKee and owned by the estate of Phyllis Susini.

Sprinter: Greenway Court (Windsor Castle), bred and owned by Taylor Mountain Farm.

Stallion: Taylor Mountain Farm's Charitable Man and Beau Ridge Farm's Fiber Sonde.

Broodmare: Ghost Canyon, owned by John McKee.

Breeder: James W. Casey of Taylor Mountain Farm and John McKee of Beau Ridge Farm.