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WESLEY WARD

WESLEY WARD
Birthdate - March 3, 1968
Birthplace - Selah, WA
Residence - Hollywood, FL
Family - Wife Kimberly, three children: Jackson, Riley and Denae

2016 RECORD

467 - 100, 87, 69 

$3,583,661

2016 NYRA RECORD

72 - 13, 16, 6 

$947,216

NATIONAL/ECLIPSE CHAMPIONS

Judy the Beauty: Top Female Sprinter (2014)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

* Became the first American trainer to win at Royal Ascot with a pair of 2-year-olds in 2009, Strike the Tiger in the Windsor Castle and Jealous Again in the Group 2 Queen Mary

* Enjoyed a banner year in 2014 with four Grade 1 wins – his first as a trainer - and more than $6.14 million in earnings

* Owned and trained Judy the Beauty to five career stakes wins, including the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint and Grade 1 Madison en route to Top Female Sprinter honors in 2014

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

* Won 1984 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice

INTRODUCTION TO RACING

* Father, Dennis, was a jockey-turned-trainer based at Yakima Meadows in Washington

FIRST WINNER

* Mariani Red, January 6, 1991, at Yakima Meadows

NEW YORK AND GRADE 1 STAKES

Bear Fan: Vagrancy H. (2004); Genuine Risk H. (2004)

Bessie’s Boy: Tremont (2014)

Cannonball: Commentator (2009); Pebo’s Guy (2008); King Cugat (2007)

Con Te Partiro: Bolton Landing (2016)

Hootenanny: Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (2014)

Judy the Beauty: Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (2014); Madison (2014)

Moment Is Right: Astoria (2015)

Pleasant Prince: Pot O’Luck (2011)

Richies Party Girl: Wait a While (2014)

Sunset Glow: Del Mar Debutante (2014)

Undrafted: Jaipur Inv. (2014)

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