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Keeneland-based coach Wesley Ward said eight mares he instructs ought to have pre-entered in the Nov. 2-3 Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Churchill Downs. All are fillies and mares.
Breeders’ Cup pre-entries will be announced Wednesday at 11:30 a.m..
Ward’s contingent includes six starters in the inaugural$ 1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint at 51/2 furlongs Nov. 2: Hat Creek Racing’s Chelsea Cloisters, Steven Michael Bell’s Dragic, Breeze Easy’s Mae Never No( IRE) and Shang Shang Shang, Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey’s Moonlight Romance and Marcus Stables’ Stillwater Cove.
Ward said his other Breeders’ Cup pre-entrants are Happy Like a Fool, who was pre-entered in the TwinSpires Sprint( G1) and the Filly and Mare Sprint( G1) on Nov. 3 for proprietors Merriebelle Stable, Michael B. Tabor, Derrick Smith and Mrs. John Magnier; and Kent Spellman’s Kirby’s Penny, pre-entered in the Filly and Mare Sprint.
He is aroused about participating in the new Breeders’ Cup race.
“It’s a marvelous race, ” Ward said. “At this time of year, for “the worlds largest” duty, I’m kinda looking to give them a transgres because there’s really good-for-nothing for a 2-year-old turf sprinter.( This race) please open a lot of possibilities is not merely for me but for the Europeans. It should be a really good, exciting race.”
Shang Shang Shang has not raced since June 21 when she won the Norfolk( G2) at Royal Ascot in England. Ward said Shang Shang Shang would have her next work at Churchill.
On Tuesday morning, Moonlight Romance and Stillwater Cove operated in company over a turf track labeled as good.
Working on the outside, Moonlight Romance started a duration behind Stillwater Cove with the duo finishing on even words. Moonlight Romance was period in: 49.80 for the half-mile and Stillwater Cove: 50 with a final quarter of: 23.20 for both. They galloped out five-eighths in 1:03.
Also working for Ward on the grime was Kirby’s Penny, who drilled a best-of-six 5 furlongs in: 59.20.
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