Ward Mulls 'Happy' Plans

Wesley Ward is leaning towards stepping Happy Like A Fool (Distorted Humor) up in class and trip for the G1 Prix Morny at Deauville later this month. The six-furlong Group 1 on Aug. 20 is one of two options under consideration for the daughter of Distorted Humor after she missed her intended outing in the G3 Molecomb S. at Goodwood on Wednesday due to soft ground. Happy Like A Fool made a winning debut at Keeneland but suffered an odds-on defeat when second in the G2 Queen Mary at Royal Ascot.

Ward said, “If the race would have been the day before it would have been fine. Goodwood is a lovely place and it would have been lovely to run but it was not to be. We have got to decide which direction we are going in. We have got to decide between the Morny or the Lowther but it's a little bit of an easier six furlongs at Deauville than it is at York. We will just take things one race at a time with her.”