The West Virginia Governor's Stakes is a Grade III American thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and older over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt held annually in August at Mountaineer Race Track in Chester, West Virginia.
[1] The event was run as the West Virginia Governor's Cup Handicap over a five furlong distance.
[7] In 2015, the race saw a major upset when longshot Looks To Spare won under jockey Deshawn Parker.
A perennial Mountaineer Racetrack champion and its all-time winningest jockey, when Parker rides it is near automatic that the fans will heavily back him.
[9] In 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Mountaineer Park canceled the event.