Royal Ascot Beckons Lady Aurelia
Wesley Ward prepared 4-year-old daughter of Scat Daddy, Lady Aurelia is all set to defend her title in the 5-furlong King's Stand on Royal Ascot's opening day.
His main Royal Ascot hopefuls include Hemp Hemp Hurray, a 3-year-old colt by Artie Schiller who will contest the Gr.3 Jersey the Gr.1 Commonwealth Cup and Bound for Nowhere, who won Gr.2 Keeneland's Shakertown and is to run at Royal Ascot in the 6-furlong Gr.1 Diamond Jubilee
Other Ward trainees pointed to races at Royal Ascot are Hat Creek Racing's Chelsea Cloisters (Gr.2 Queen Mary); Vivian Day and Kate V. Rose's Master Merion (Royal Hunt Cup); Breeze Easy's Shang Shang Shang (Gr.2 Norfolk); Reiley McDonald's Athens Queen and Marcus Stables' Stillwater Cove (Gr.3Albany); and Wes Welker and Monomoy Stables' Undrafted (Wokingham). The multiple graded stakes winner, 8-year-old son of Purim, Undrafted won the Diamond Jubilee in 2015. The earner of more than US$1.4 million also ran in the race in 2016.
Credit: Ritesh Jamkhedkar-Ritesh.Jamkhedkar@secretariatsworld.com