Ward has strong trio set for Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint

With Breeders’ Cup pre-entries due Monday, numerous details still need to be finalized in regard to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint. But this much is known about the big picture – Wesley Ward looms large.

Ward has the highly regarded trio of Four Wheel Drive, Kimari, and Cambria all set to be flown Oct. 28 from Kentucky to California for the $1 million, five-furlong Juvenile Turf Sprint. All will breeze at Keeneland at least once more before shipping.

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From Europe, the International Racing Bureau is maintaining a list of four hopefuls for the race, with A’Ali, a three-time Group 2 winner, easily the most accomplished. The others are Al Raya, Band Practice, and Streamline.

From New York, trainer Gary Contessa said he intends to pre-enter Another Miracle, an American Pharoah colt who followed a victory in the Skidmore at Saratoga in August with a fifth-place finish behind Four Wheel Drive in the Oct. 6 Futurity at Belmont Park.

“He overreached at the break and ripped off both front shoes,” Contessa said. “He never stopped trying but couldn’t overcome that and still only got beat four lengths.”

From Delaware, trainer Jamie Ness said So Street is not a Breeders’ Cup nominee and is unlikely to be supplemented. The Maryland-bred gelding is a three-time winner who was an easy last-out winner of a stakes at Laurel Park.