Wesley Ward

Top Associated Horses: Indymine, Streamin Heat, Regardlesofoutcome, Fancy Footsteps, Gift Coupon, Yogi'ssplashofgold

2009 Record: (301-81-49-32)

2009 Earnings: $2,057,875

2009 Win %: 26% In-The-Money %: 53%

Born: March 3, 1968, Selah, Wash.
Residence: Glendora, Calif.
Family: wife Kimberly; children Riley, Jack and Denae
Racing Background: Son of Washington trainer Dennis Ward and grandson of popular New York outrider Jim Dailey, Ward was Eclipse Award-winning apprentice jockey in 1984 when he won 335 races and more than $5 million in purses … Riding champion at Aqueduct, Belmont and The Meadowlands that year. Later rode in Italy, Singapore, Malaysia, Illinois and California, where he was aboard Ferdinand when the eventual Kentucky Derby winner broke his maiden as a 2-year-old
Racing Career: Retired from riding in 1989 because of weight problems and assisted his father before going out on his own as a trainer ...Ward made history in June of 2009 when he became the first American trainer to win at the prestigious Royal Ascot meet in England when two-year-old colt Strike The Tiger captured the Windsor Castle Stakes. On the very next day, two-year old filly Jealous Again, whom he also owned in a partnership, won the Group 2 Queen Mary Stakes ... Strike The Tiger and Jealous Again were among the five juveniles plus turf sprinter Cannonball that Ward ran at Royal Ascot during the meet. For Ward, who had never before been to England, winning two races at such a prestigious meet was a major career milestone ... Shortly thereafter, Ward sold Jealous Again to the Darley Stable of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum ... Scored first stakes win in the 1994 Cinema Handicap at Hollywood Park with Unfinished Symph, who went on to finish third in the Breeders' Cup Mile that year at Churchill Downs. Unfinished Symph also won the San Francisco Mile and Shoemaker Breeders' Cup Mile in 1995 … Trained Men's Exclusive, a California-bred gelding who earned more than $1.4 million before being retired at age 10. Men's Exclusive finished sixth as the favorite in the 1997 Breeders' Cup Sprint at Hollywood Park following victories in the Los Angeles Handicap and California Sprint Championship … Also trained Lifestyle, the sixth place finisher in the 2005 Breeders' Cup Sprint ... Shipped Bear Fan to Belmont in 2004 to win the Genuine Risk and Vagrancy handicaps … Trained the sprinting filly Pesci for movie actor Joe Pesci ... Saddled One Hot Wish to a world record of 48.87 seconds over 4 1/2 furlongs in her debut at Keeneland in the Spring of 2007 ... Maintains stables in Southern California and Florida in the winter ... Top assistant is Blake Heap, a former trainer who has been with Ward for over 10 years ... Main clients are Sarah and Ken Ramsey, although Ward also owns a lot of the horses he trains through partnerships ... The 1984 Eclipse Award-wining apprentice jockey is known for mentoring young riders and in 2009 has been giving a leg up to apprentice Christian Santiago Reyes after tutoring older brother Victor Santiago Reyes in 2008 ... Had his best year yet as a trainer in 2008 when he won 94 races from 360 starters for earnings of over $2.2 million ... Cannonball, who finished third in the inaugural Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf in 2007 and a contender for the 2009 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, would be Ward's fifth Breeders' Cup starter ... Having another solid year in 2009 and through October 8, Ward saddled 67 winners from 251 starts for earnings of $1,670,325.

Breeders' Cup Record

Starts	1st	2nd	3rd	Earnings
4	0	0	2	$220,000

1994	Mile	Unfinished Symph	3rd
1997	Sprint	Men's Exclusive	6th
2005	Sprint	Lifestyle	6th
2007	Juvenile Turf	Cannonball	3rd