Thursday's Racing Insights: Well-Related Ward Firster Gets Things Started at Belmont

Wesley Ward is represented by first-time starter Kiawah Sunset (Uncle Mo) in Thursday's opening race at Belmont Park. A half-sister to GI Breeder's Cup Juvenile Turf runner-up Uncle Benny (Declaration of War), she brought a $300,000 final bid at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling sale. Her dam, Celebrity Cat (Storm Cat), is a daughter of millionaire and multiple Grade I winner Starrer (Dynaformer), who is a half-sister to three-time Grade I winner Stellar Jayne (Wild Rush). TJCIS PPs