Wesley Ward just ran Twilight Gleaming at Kee in the Franklin Stakes (G3). In front early but finished out of the money.
The past 5 years, Wesley is 26 for 134 in graded stakes (19%).
The past 2 years, he is 12 for 55 in graded stakes (22%).
In the past year, he is 0 for 24.
His percentage for the 29 starts prior to these 24 was near 40% that prior year.
I guess he just isn\'t getting the talented horses the past year. . . .
Stats don\'t include Twlight Gleaming\'s loss just now.
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Unrelated: July 15, 2022, Ward had a horse win at Monmouth Park named Insanity It Seems. That horse tested positive for naproxen and metaformin.
Averly Jane won a race on April 28, 2021 at Churchill Downs
(Kentucky Juvenile Stakes). That horse \"caught a dirty\" also and tested positive for metaformin.
HISA testing have anything to do with it?
Nah, folks hate the testing.
According to some , all false positives.
Or contamination!