French and English champion, Lady Aurelia (Scat Daddy) anchored a septet of Wesley Ward-trained Royal Ascot workers Tuesday, leading workmate Bound for Nowhere (The Factor) through five furlongs in 1:00.80 at Keeneland. The 'TDN Rising Star' is pointing to the G1 King's Stand S. during the first day of the Royal Meeting, while the Ward-owned colt, headed toward an intended start in the G1 Commonwealth Cup on June 23, was clocked in 1:00.20.
“She had a great work today,” Ward said of the Stonestreet Stables, George Bolton and Peter Leidel-owned winner of the 2016 G1 Darley Prix Morny and G2 Queen Mary S. “We put her in front, like she usually does in her races, and she just kind of cruised around there.”
Lady Aurelia, winner of the Listed Giant's Causeway S. during the Keeneland Spring Meet, will have an “easy breeze' at Keeneland on June 5 and will leave early the next morning for England.
Wes Welker and Elizabeth Kumin's 2015 G1 Diamond Jubilee S. hero Undrafted (Purim) sped a half mile in :48.40 in advance of the Wokingham S. on June 24. Juveniles Fairyland (Scat Daddy)–racing for the Coolmore triumvirate of Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith and John Magnier and penciled in for the June 23 G3 Albany S.–and Waterford Stable's McErin (Trappe Shot)–intended for the G2 Norfolk S. on June 22–worked a half-mile in company going :48 flat. Rounding out Ward's seven Royal Ascot workers were fellow juveniles Happy Like a Fool (Distorted Humor) and Nootka Sound (Lonhro {Aus}), who were recorded going a half-mile in :48.60 and :48.80, respectively. The former, a Ward homebred, is pointing toward the G2 Queen Mary S. on June 21, while Hat Creek Racing's Nootka eyes a start in the Listed Windsor Castle S. the day prior.
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