July 1, 2017 issue 26 cover of BloodHorse featuring My Fair Lady as Lady Aurelia one of many stars at Royal Ascot, Liz Crow, Blackwood Training.
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Lady Aurelia and John Velazquez win the Group 1 King's Stand Stakes, Royal Ascot, Ascot, UK, 6/20/17
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Lady Aurelia and John Velazquez win the Group 1 King's Stand Stakes, Royal Ascot, Ascot, UK, 6/20/17
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Lady Aurelia and John Velazquez win the Group 1 King's Stand Stakes, Royal Ascot, Ascot, UK, 6/20/17
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Lady Aurelia and John Velazquez win the Group 1 King's Stand Stakes, Royal Ascot, Ascot, UK, 6/20/17
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Lady Aurelia and John Velazquez win the Group 1 King's Stand Stakes, Royal Ascot, Ascot, UK, 6/20/17
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Lady Aurelia and John Velazquez win the Group 1 King's Stand Stakes, Royal Ascot, Ascot, UK, 6/20/17
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Lady Aurelia and John Velazquez win the Group 1 King's Stand Stakes, Royal Ascot, Ascot, UK, 6/20/17
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Lady Aurelia and John Velazquez win the Group 1 King's Stand Stakes, Royal Ascot, Ascot, UK, 6/20/17
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Lady Aurelia and John Velazquez win the Group 1 King's Stand Stakes, Royal Ascot, Ascot, UK, 6/20/17
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Lady Aurelia wins the 2017 King's Stand at Royal Ascot
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Lady Aurelia wins the 2017 King's Stand at Royal Ascot
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Lady Aurelia wins the 2017 King's Stand at Royal Ascot
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Lady Aurelia wins the 2017 King's Stand at Royal Ascot
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Lady Aurelia wins the 2017 King's Stand at Royal Ascot
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Lady Aurelia with Julio Garcia (front) and Bound For Nowhere work in 1:00 4/5. Wesley Ward horses headed for Ascot in England, including Lady Aurelia, worked at Keeneland. June 5, 2017 Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky.
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Lady Aurelia with Julio Garcia (front) and Bound for Nowhere work 5 furlongs in 1:00 4/5. Wesley Ward horses headed for Ascot in England, including Lady Aurelia, worked at Keeneland. June 5, 2017 Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky.
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Lady Aurelia with Julio Garcia (front) and Bound for Nowhere work 5 furlongs in 1:00 4/5. Wesley Ward horses headed for Ascot in England, including Lady Aurelia, worked at Keeneland. June 5, 2017 Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky.
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Lady Aurelia (inside) with Julio Garcia working with Bound for Nowhere, 5 furlongs in 1:00 4/5 at Keeneland. May 30, 2017 Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky.
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Lady Aurelia (inside) working with Bound for Nowhere, 5 furlongs in 1:00 4/5 at Keeneland on May 30, 2017
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Lady Aurelia with John Velazquez aboard wins The 21st Running of The Giant's Causeway at Keeneland on April 15, 2017 Keeneland in Lexington, Ky.
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Lady Aurelia with John Velazquez aboard wins The 21st Running of The Giant's Causeway at Keeneland on April 15, 2017 Keeneland in Lexington, Ky.
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Barbara Banke (third left) in winners circle. Lady Aurelia with John Velazquez aboard wins The 21st Running of The Giant's Causeway at Keeneland on April 15, 2017 Keeneland in Lexington, Ky.
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Lady Aurelia with John Velazquez aboard wins The 21st Running of The Giant's Causeway at Keeneland on April 15, 2017 Keeneland in Lexington, Ky.
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Lady Aurelia wins the 2017 Giant's Causeway
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Lady Aurelia wins the 2017 Giant's Causeway
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Lady Aurelia wins the 2017 Giant's Causeway
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Lady Aurelia wins the 2017 Giant's Causeway
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Lady Aurelia wins the 2017 Giant's Causeway
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Lady Aurelia wins the 2017 Giant's Causeway
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Lady Aurelia wins the 2017 Giant's Causeway
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Lady Aurelia wins the 2017 Giant's Causeway
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Lady Aurelia with John Velazquez aboard wins The 21st Running of The Giant's Causeway at Keeneland on April 15, 2017 Keeneland in Lexington, Ky.
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Lady Aurelia with John Velazquez aboard wins The 21st Running of The Giant's Causeway at Keeneland on April 15, 2017 Keeneland in Lexington, Ky.
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Lady Aurelia with John Velazquez aboard wins The 21st Running of The Giant's Causeway at Keeneland on April 15, 2017 Keeneland in Lexington, Ky.
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Lady Aurelia | Turf Work | Keeneland | 04-09-17
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Lady Aurelia | Turf Work | Keeneland | 04-09-17
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Lady Aurelia works at Keeneland during the 2017 Keeneland Spring Meet
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Lady Aurelia (outside in lead) in company with Bound for Nowhere working at Keeneland on April 2, 2017.
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Lady Aurelia, Outside | Morning Workout | Keeneland | 04-02-17 | Breeze
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Lady Aurelia wins Prix Morny Aug. 21 at Deauville in France
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Lady Aurelia arrives in France Aug. 15.
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Lady Aurelia (outside) with Red Lodge worked in :48 4/5 and out in 1:03, strong at end. Red Lodge finished in :49 Keeneland - July 27, 2016.
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Lady Aurelia (outside) with Red Lodge worked in :48 4/5 and out in 1:03, strong at end. Red Lodge finished in :49. Keeneland - July 27, 2016.
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Lady Aurelia wins the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot June 15, 2016
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Lady Aurelia wins the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot June 15, 2016
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Lady Aurelia wins the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot June 15, 2016
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Lady Aurelia wins the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot June 15, 2016
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Lady Aurelia wins the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot June 15, 2016
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Lady Aurelia wins the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot June 15, 2016
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Lady Aurelia wins the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot June 15, 2016
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Lady Aurelia wins the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot June 15, 2016
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Lady Aurelia wins the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot June 15, 2016
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Lady Aurelia wins the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot June 15, 2016
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Lady Aurelia wins the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot June 15, 2016
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Lady Aurelia wins the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot June 15, 2016
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Lady Aurelia wins the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot June 15, 2016
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Lady Aurelia wins the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot June 15, 2016
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Lady Aurelia (Scat Daddy - D' Wildcat Speed, by Forest Wildcat) sets a new track record, while breaking her maiden at Keeneland on April 21, 2016
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Lady Aurelia (Scat Daddy - D' Wildcat Speed, by Forest Wildcat) sets a new track record, while breaking her maiden at Keeneland on April 21, 2016
As both Arrogate (134) and Winx (132) continue their preparations for upcoming campaigns, Gun Runner (125) has moved into the third spot in the fifth edition of the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings for 2017.
Trainer Wesley Ward was at his Keeneland base the morning of June 26, overseeing his string that soon will include two recent stakes winners at the Royal Ascot meet in King's Stand (G1) winner Lady Aurelia and Sandringham winner Con Te Partiro.
When Royal Ascot ended its five-day meet, there was a sense of sadness, as if something beautiful, yet comforting, was taken away after filling four and a half hours each morning with a kaleidoscope of images and colors and unbridled emotion.
Here we are once again following yet another John Nerud coup. He is now responsible this year alone for Arrogate, Always Dreaming, Tapwrit, Gun Runner, Classic Empire, and after today, Lady Aurelia.
Taking on older males for the first time proved to be no problem for Lady Aurelia as the 3-year-old daughter of Scat Daddy scored by three lengths in the King's Stand Stakes (G1) June 20 at Royal Ascot.
While most of the attention "across the pond" in America is focused on Miss Temple City's appearance in the Queen Anne Stakes (G1), the Royal Ascot opening day feature for most of the locals will be the St. James's Palace (G1).
Connections of some United States-based runners who plan to compete in the Royal Ascot meeting June 20-24 gathered for a news conference June 15 at the historic Jockey Club Rooms in Newmarket.
Trainer Wesley Ward sent out 11 workers in five separate groups the morning of June 5 on Keeneland's turf course, headed by European champion Lady Aurelia who is bound for Royal Ascot a second straight year.
Keeneland-based trainer Wesley Ward sent out seven runners May 30, including European champion Lady Aurelia, for works over the turf course in preparation for stakes at Royal Ascot in England in June.
European champion Lady Aurelia, based at Keeneland with trainer Wesley Ward, worked five furlongs in 1:02 3/5 on a firm turf course the morning of May 23 at the Lexington oval as she continues training toward a start in the June 20 King's Stand (G1).
Ward sent out six contenders for half-mile works over the firm turf course at Lexington in preparation for Royal Ascot next month.
Lady Aurelia earned every style point April 15 in her first outing since last September when she whipped her way off the final turn to a 2 1/2-length victory in the $100,000 Giant's Causeway Stakes over the Keeneland lawn.
Not only will Stonestreet Stables, George Bolton, and Peter Leidel's group 1 winner face an overflow field in the $100,000 Giant's Causeway Stakes April 15 at Keeneland, but she'll also face older horses for the first time.
Multiple grade 1 winner Lady Eli was the headline performer during a star-studded morning of turf workers at Keeneland April 9 with the dark bay mare turning in a sharp five-furlong drill in advance of the April 15 Coolmore Jenny Wiley Stakes (G1T).
Trainer Wesley Ward said Keeneland's listed Giant's Causeway Stakes, at 5 1/2 furlongs on turf April 15, is scheduled to mark the 2017 debut of Stonestreet Farm, George Bolton, Peter Leidel's Lady Aurelia, Europe's 2016 champion 2-year-old filly.
Lady Aurelia turned in her second timed move of the year Feb. 15, covering three furlongs in :37.09 at Stonestreet Training Center as she readies for her sophomore debut, which will likely come during the Keeneland Spring meet.
2016 Eclipse Awards finalists in 17 Equine and Human categories announced on January 5, 2017. Winners will be announced at the 46th annual Eclipse Awards on January 21 at Gulfstream Park.
Minding, a five-time group one winner in 2016, was named the Cartier Horse of the Year Nov. 8 at the 26th annual Cartier Racing Awards.
Star Kentucky-bred filly Lady Aurelia is to return to the United States for some time off at co-owner Stonestreet Farm near Lexington after a scope following her first defeat in the Sept. 24 Cheveley Park Stakes (Eng-I) shows she bled.
Evelyn Stockwell's homebred Brave Anna upset five other juvenile fillies Sept. 24 in the £102,078 ($132,701) Connolly's Red Mills Cheveley Park Stakes (Eng-I) at Newmarket.
Trainer Wesley Ward believes his unbeaten juvenile filly Lady Aurelia just might run of the best race of her young career in the Connolly's Red Mills Cheveley Park Stakes (Eng-I) Sept. 24 at Newmarket.
Lady Aurelia kept her record perfect in three starts when leading all the way in the Darley Prix Morny (Fr-I) for juvenile colts and fillies Aug. 21 at Deauville.
A showdown between Scat Daddy's star juveniles Caravaggio and Lady Aurelia in the Darley Prix Morny (Fr-I) Aug. 21 at Deauville will likely not take place as Caravaggio is being aimed instead toward a race in September, Racing Post reports.
Scat Daddy filly gets her final U.S. work at Keeneland Aug. 11 and will ship to France Aug. 13. Stablemate Acapulco will miss the Nunthorpe Stakes (Eng-I), however, due to a foot issue.
The impressive winner at Royal Ascot last month is targeting her third win, and first in group I company, after impressively breaking her maiden at Keeneland in April and dominating the field in the Queen Mary (Eng-II).
Trainer Wesley Ward is favoring the Prix Morny (Fr-I) in France for his star juvenile filly Lady Aurelia, one of the most impressive winners at Royal Ascot in June, and hopes to work her at Keeneland in the next 10 days.
The sire power lost when Scat Daddy collapsed and died suddenly Dec. 14, 2015, at age 11 was substantial, but he has six sons standing at stud.
See the races, fashion, and people at Royal Ascot.
Lady Aurelia was incredibly impressive in her second start, winning the five-furlong Queen Mary Stakes (Eng-II) at Royal Ascot, on ground probably not to her liking.
Lady Aurelia, winner of a maiden special weight at Keeneland in April, followed up with a blowout victory in the Queen Mary Stakes (Eng-II) for 2-year-olds June 15 at Royal Ascot in England.
Lady Aurelia, impressive track record-setter at Keeneland in her career debut, was scratched from the $100,000 Kentucky Juvenile Stakes at Churchill Downs May 5 to await the Queen Mary Stakes (Eng-II) at Royal Ascot.
Trainer Wesley Ward has entered three winning fillies against males in the $100,000 Kentucky Juvenile Stakes Thursday, May 5 at Churchill Downs.
| Trainer | WARD WESLEY A |
|---|---|
| Jockey | VELAZQUEZ JOHN R |
| Owner | STONESTREET STABLES, G BOLTON & P LEIDEL |
| Breeder | STONESTREET THOROUGHBRED HOLDINGS INC |
| Lady Aurelia View Five-Cross Pedigree | Scat Daddy | Johannesburg |
| Love Style | ||
| D' Wildcat Speed | Forest Wildcat | |
| Velvet Panther |
| Sale / Hip | Type | Buyer | Consignor | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEESEP2015 Hip 1253 |
Yearling | George Bolton & Peter Leidel | James M. Herbener Jr., agent for Stonestreet Bred & Raised | $350,000 |
| I'm a Rock |
| Arrogate |
| Songbird |
| American Gal |
| Tapwrit |
| Princess Victoria |
| Always Dreaming |
| Shaman Ghost |
| Irap |
| Mind Your Biscuits |
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