Topic: Wesley Ward
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He had issues with his throat and bleeding last summer, which explains his last couple of races, but it looks like that's past him now
UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup Jan 05, 2009
Now I'll just have to bring him up to the Dubai race on works
UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup Feb 25, 2002
I think she's still improving. She ran greenly, and she was still able to win a stakes. It's probably premature to decide where she will go next. She's obviously a talented horse with a bright future
UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup Jan 10, 2011
Now we'll see how she comes out of this one before deciding on the Davona Dale
UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup Jan 31, 2011
She waited a little bit on the other horses in the stretch, but when I hit her with the whip left-handed she really took off
UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup Jan 31, 2011
Wesley A. Ward (born March 3, 1968 in Selah, Washington) is a retired American Champion jockey and a current trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. He grew up in the horse racing industry, the son of trainer Dennis Ward.
In 1984, Wesley Ward was voted the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey following a season in which he won riding championships at Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park, and the Meadowlands Racetrack and rode 335 winners. He went on to compete at racetracks in Italy, Malaysia and Singapore before his battles with weight gain led to retirement in 1989.
Wesley Ward turned to training, first as an assistant to his father before going out on his own in 1993. He earned his first stakes win as a trainer in 1994 at Hollywood Park, winning the Cinema Handicap. Based in California, he also races at Gulfstream Park in Florida during the winter months.
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