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American trainer Wesley Ward's annual trip to Royal Ascot was off to a dazzling start opening day, when 2-year-old colt Hootenanny dominated 23 overmatched rivals in the Windsor Castle Stakes.
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Winning connections after Hootenanny's victory in the Grade I Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
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Hootenanny, a Quality Road colt owned by the connections of Coolmore Stud, wore down pacesetter Luck of the Kitten to win the Grade I Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
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Frankie Dettori's famous dismount after his victory.
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Caption: Hootenanny with Frankie Dettori wins the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. I). Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita on Oct. 31, 2014, in Arcadia, California. R6JuvTurf1 image Photo by Anne M. Eberhardt
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Caption: Donna Barton Brothers working for NBC Hootenanny with Frankie Dettori wins the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. I). Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita on Oct. 31, 2014, in Arcadia, California. R6JuvTurf1 image189 Photo by Anne M. Eberhardt
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Caption: Jay Cohen track bugler Hootenanny with Frankie Dettori wins the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. I). Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita on Oct. 31, 2014, in Arcadia, California. R6JuvTurf1 image209 Photo by Anne M. Eberhardt
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Hootenanny and Sunset Glow at Keeneland March 31, 2015.
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Hootenanny wins the 2014 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
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Hootenanny wins the 2014 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
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Hootenanny wins the 2014 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
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Hootenanny wins the 2014 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
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Hootenanny wins the 2014 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
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Hootenanny wins the 2014 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
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Hootenanny wins the 2014 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
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Hootenanny wins the 2014 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
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Hootenanny wins the 2014 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
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Hootenanny wins the 2014 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
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Hootenanny wins the 2014 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
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Hootenanny wins the 2014 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
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Hootenanny wins the 2014 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
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Hootenanny wins the 2014 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
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Hootenanny wins the 2014 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
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Hootenanny wins the 2014 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
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Hootenanny wins the 2014 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
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Hootenanny wins the 2014 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
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Hootenanny wins the 2014 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
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Hootenanny wins the 2014 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
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Hootenanny - Breeders' Cup 2014
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Hootenanny at Keeneland, October 9, 2014
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Hootenanny wins the 2014 Windsor Castle Stakes.
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Hootenanny - Maiden Win, April 17, 2014
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Hootenanny makes the winning move in his debut.
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Hootenanny won the 2014 Windsor Castle Stakes.
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Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier, and Michael Tabor's grade 1 winner Hootenanny looms the one to beat in the 65th running of the $100,000 Hanshin Cup Stakes (G3) May 13 at Arlington International Racecourse.
Pick Six Racing's Vyjack knocked off Wise Dan as the fastest turf miler in Santa Anita's history Oct. 8 with a record-setting performance in the $200,000 City of Hope Mile (gr. IIT).
Obviously will take his fifth shot at the Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT) after a run in the grade II City of Hope Mile.
Watchyourownbobber will try for a third consecutive stakes win at a third different track when he faces an expected seven rivals in the $400,000 More Than Ready Mile Stakes Sept. 10 at Kentucky Downs.
Benjamin Hutzel's homebred colt Passion for Action rallied from off the pace in a six-horse field to win the $173,777 Highlander Stakes (Can-IIT) July 3 at Woodbine for his third stakes win in four starts this year.
Lady Shipman is no stranger tackling the boys, having finished second in last year's Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, and she not only has the class in this field, but gets a weight allowance as well.
AJ Suited Racing Stable's Power Alert (AUS) looks to become the first repeat winner of the $150,000 Twin Spires Turf Sprint Presented by TwinSpires.com (gr. IIIT) when he faces 12 rivals including grade I winner Hootenanny May 6 at Churchill Downs.
Passion for Action and top Woodbine rider Eurico Rosa Da Silva overtook front-runner and favorite Hootenanny in midstretch.
The 2016 live Thoroughbred racing season kicks off April 9 at Woodbine, with the first two of 133 programs scheduled for the meet.
The dam of 2014 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IT) winner Hootenanny brought a final bid of $1.5 million at the Fasig-Tipton November sale Nov. 1. She was purchased by Summer Wind Farm.
U.S.-based Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. IT) winner Hootenanny will try to win a race at Royal Ascot for a second straight year when he faces an expected 17 challengers in the $360,000 Commonwealth Cup (Eng-I) Friday, June 19.
There are 13 U.S.-based horses aiming for races at next week's Royal Ascot meeting, headed by Horse of the Year California Chrome, The National reports.
Trainer Wesley Ward needed the April 18 season debut of Hootenanny to help gauge the 2014 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IT) winner's conditioning levels. It took just over a minute at Keeneland to find out good to go.
The 3-year-old son of Quality Road is finally ready for his first start of 2015, and will make that outing at Keeneland in the fourth race on the April 18 card.
The first day of turf works for the upcoming spring meet at Keeneland brought out a contingent of horses from trainer Wesley Ward's barn March 31, headed by two Breeders' Cup winners.
Belardo, winner of the 2014 Dubai Dewhurst (Eng-I), and Hootenanny, victorious in the 2014 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IT), are among 82 nominees the QIPCO Two Thousand Guineas (Eng-I) at Newmarket.
As 2014 enters the home stretch, the freshman sire title seems to have boiled down to a three-way race.
While it went down to the wire this year, the Breeders' Cup wagering angle of looking for value in European starters again finished in the black, well in the black as it turns out. read blog
Comments from the connections of 2014 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner Hootenanny, including Dennis Ward and Frankie Dettori.
The 2014 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf, Dirt Mile, Juvenile Fillies Turf and Distaff. View Slideshow
Hootenanny, a Quality Road colt owned by the connections of Coolmore Stud, wore down pacesetter Luck of the Kitten to win the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IT) at Santa Anita Park Oct. 31.
Let's start by saying that this year's Breeders' Cup is one of the toughest to handicap in many years, with deep, wide-open fields, none of which, except perhaps one, have a clear-cut favorite that stands far above the others read blog
Trainer Wesley Ward provides insight into how his Breeders' Cup contenders are coming into the race. Ward's contenders include No Nay Never, Undrafted, Judy the Beauty, Hootenanny, and Luck of the Kitten. watch video
Group I victor No Nay Never led the quartet with a bullet five furlongs in 1:01 3/5 on a firm course in preparation for the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IT).
Hootenanny has proven himself against talented juvenile turf runners in Europe and Luck of the Kitten banked a graded stakes at Santa Anita, giving trainer Wesley Ward two good chances to land his first Breeders' Cup win.
Nearly half of the runners pre-entered for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf made their previous start over foreign grass, as European invaders seek to continue their success in the one-mile contest for freshmen.
Zayat Stables homebred American Pharoah handily worked five furlongs in :58 3/5 on Monday, Oct. 20 as the son of Pioneerof the Nile continues work toward the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I).
Two-time Horse of the Year worked five furlongs on the turf Sept. 23 in 1:01.20.
The Wow Signal edged past U.S.-based Hootenanny nearing the finish of the Aug. 24 Darley Prix Morny (Fr-I) for 2-year-olds at Deauville and won by a half-length to kept his perfect record intact.
Royal Ascot winners Hootenanny and The Wow Signal are set to face off in a field of nine 2-year-olds set for the Darley Prix Morny (Fr-I) Aug. 24 at Deauville.
Royal Ascot, Belmont Park, Churchill Downs, Monmouth Park, Santa Anita & More! view slideshow
Trainer Wesley Ward, who saddled a 2-year-old stakes winner at the Royal Ascot meet, demonstrate his prowess with juveniles again June 20 at Belmont Park, sending out Bessie's Boy to a six-length victory in the Tremont.
American trainer Wesley Ward's annual trip to Royal Ascot was off to a dazzling start opening day June 17, when 2-year-old colt Hootenanny dominated 23 overmatched rivals in the Windsor Castle Stakes.
Trainer Wesley Ward sent out four Royal Ascot hopefuls, all 2-year-olds, for four-furlong drills the morning of May 26 at Arlington International Racecourse.
Hootenanny, the first starter for freshman sire Quality Road, skipped away from the field in the stretch of Keeneland's second race April 17, scoring a 4 1/4-length win in the 4 1/2-furlong maiden special weight test.
| Trainer | Wesley A. Ward |
|---|---|
| Jockey | Julio A. Garcia |
| Owner | Tabor, Michael B., Magnier, Mrs. John, and Smith, Derrick |
| Breeder | Barronstown |
| Hootenanny View Five-Cross Pedigree | Quality Road | Elusive Quality |
| Kobla | ||
| More Hennessy | Hennessy | |
| Dance Move |
| Sale / Hip | Type | Buyer | Consignor | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEENOV2012 Hip 256 |
Weanling | Winding Oaks Farm | Eaton Sales, agent | $120,000 |
| KEESEP2013 Hip 245 |
Yearling | Cromwell Bloodstock, agent | St George Sales, agent | $75,000 |
| Spooky Woods |
| Classic Empire |
| Arrogate |
| Tapwrit |
| Always Dreaming |
| Unspoiled Moments |
| Flipcup |
| Gun Runner |
| Songbird |
| Lady Aurelia |
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