Breeding: 2b f
City Zip (USA) - Miss Moneypenny (USA) (Deputy Minister (CAN))
Breeder: The
Peter J Callahan Revocable Trust
Born: April
2, 2011
Owner: Hat
Creek Racing (Gatewood Bell & Wesley Ward)
Trainer: Wesley
Ward USA
Form: (1)(4)
* Arrived
in Britain on June 13 and has been stabled at Kempton Park Racecourse.
*
Successful on debut at Keeneland on April 5, scoring by nine lengths in a
Polytrack maiden over an extended four furlongs.
* Faded
in the closing stages to come home fourth after racing prominently on her
latest start in the five-furlong Rollicking Stakes on dirt at Pimlico on May
12.
Race
Record: Starts: 2; 1st: 1; 2nd: -; 3rd: -; Win & Place Prize Money: £21,902
Wesley
Ward USA (Glendora, California, & Gulfstream Park, Florida)
Born: March 3,
1968, Saleh, Washington State Background: grandson of long-serving New
York outrider Jim Dailey and son of former apprentice and working for trainer
Dennis Ward. Left school at 14 and moved to New York to ride when he was just
15. Enjoyed a sensational first season, partnering 335 winners and becoming
leading jockey at the Belmont, Aqueduct and Meadowlands fall meetings.
Receiving the Eclipse Award for leading apprentice when he was just 16 in 1984.
Spells riding in Italy, Singapore, Malaysia, Illinois and Canada followed and
Ward was in the plate when subsequent Kentucky Derby hero Ferdinand lost his
maiden tag in 1985. A growth spurt and weight problems forced Ward to quit
riding in 1989. Training career: assisted his father for four years
prior to starting out on his own in 1991. Accolades: Became the first
US-based trainer to saddle a winner at Royal Ascot when Strike The Tiger won
the Windsor Castle Stakes at odds of 33/1 on June 16, 2009. Responsible
for One Hot Wish, who set a new world record for of 48.87 seconds for 4.5
furlongs on her debut at Keeneland in April, 2007. Royal Ascot Record: 2009
STRIKE THE TIGER (WON WINDSOR CASTLE STAKES), JEALOUS AGAIN (WON QUEEN MARY
STAKES), Yogaroo (9th Norfolk Stakes), Aegean (9th Albany Stakes), Honor In
Peace (16th Chesham Stakes), Cannonball (2nd Golden Jubilee Stakes); 2010
Metropolitan Man (9th Windsor Castle Stakes); 2011 Holiday For Kitten (13th
King's Stand Stakes), Italo (23rd Coventry Stakes), Gentlemans Code (4th
Windsor Castle Stakes), Gypsy Robin (7th Queen Mary Stakes), Everyday Dave
(11th Norfolk Stakes)
Joel
Rosario
Born: January 14, 1985 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Background: Grew
up on a farm and attended jockey school at the age of 13. After six months, he
turned professional and was the leading rider in the Dominican Republic on four
occasions, before moving to California in 2006. Enjoyed a breakthrough season
in 2009, partnering 284 winners and amassing earnings of $13,073,777, the fifth
best in North America. Has continued among the top five riders since. Moved to
New York State in 2012 and is enjoying a wonderful season in 2013, leading the
American jockey standings by winners and earnings - 160 winners & nearly
US$11 million by June11. Accolades: Seven riding titles in California
(three each at Del Mar and Hollywood Park and one at Santa Anita); rode six
winners in a day at Hollywood Park on December 11, 2009. Only equalled by Hall
of Fame riders Bill Shoemaker, Laffit Pincay and Kent Desormeaux; set record
for most winners (38) at the Keeneland spring meet in 2013. Married to wife
Briana, one daughter, Jasmine and one son, Jason. American Classic Wins (1):
Kentucky Derby (2013 Orb) Other Big Race Wins Include: Alabama
Stakes (2010 Blind Luck), Blue Grass Stakes (2011 Brilliant Speed), Breeders's
Cup Dirt Mile (2010 Dakota Phone), Breeders' Cup Sprint (2009 Dancing In
Silks), Dubai World Cup (2013 Animal Kingdom), Jockey Club Gold Cup (2012 Flat
Out), Pacific Classic (2012 Dullahan), Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (2010
Harmonius)
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