Royal Ascot News 2017 | Lady Aurelia ready for King's Stand challenge

Lady Aurelia ready for King's Stand challenge

By Timeform, Thursday 01 June 2017

Posted in: Royal Ascot News

Wesley Ward reports Lady Aurelia to be in good form ahead of a run in either the King's Stand or the Diamond Jubilee at Royal Ascot.

There are three possible US-trained starters in the King's Stand Stakes, headed by the mighty three-year-old Scat Daddy filly Lady Aurelia, who triumphed by a breath-taking seven lengths in the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot in 2016 prior to annexing the Group 1 Prix Morny at Deauville in France. She returned to action at Keeneland on April 15, with an impressive success in the Listed Giant's Causeway Stakes over five and a half furlongs

Wesley Ward reported: "Lady Aurelia is doing fantastic. She had a real good rest after her unfortunate defeat at Newmarket at the end of last season and ran a very exciting comeback race at Keeneland. I am excited to get back over to Royal Ascot with her.

"We are leaning towards the King's Stand Stakes (Lady Aurelia also has a Commonwealth Cup entry), as she is most effective at five furlongs. She ran lights out the other day in her race at Keeneland.

"I also have the colt Bound For Nowhere who is nominated for the Commonwealth Cup - he is undefeated and I am excited about him.

"The two-year-olds are also looking good - we have had a couple of winners and we are heading in the right direction.

"We also had a really, really nice comeback with Undrafted (the 2015 G1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes winner, who won an allowance race at Keeneland on April 21) and we could look at trying to get him into the Wokingham (Handicap) this year. He is a seven-year-old now but his comeback win at Keeneland was good and the Wokingham could be a possibility for him."

Ward has saddled seven winners at Royal Ascot since Strike The Tiger got the ball rolling in the 2009 Windsor Castle Stakes.

Reflecting on his success, Ward continued: "Royal Ascot has been so kind to me. It is a point in the calendar that I aim at every year and have been lucky enough to have had some success. Everyone in Britain has always been so kind to us.

"My son was a little tiny guy when we first came over and is heading into the University of Miami this year! He was a tiny guy with his top hat over his ears back in 2009 and is now going to college. It is great looking at all the photos of Royal Ascot we have and at how the timeline has developed."

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