Wesley Ward, who is known for training precocious, globe-trotting juveniles, will have four runners - or, a third of the field - for the inaugural running of the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint on Friday at Churchill Downs.
As expected, a full starting gate of 12, plus the maximum four also-eligibles, showed up when final entries were taken and the field was drawn on Monday. Late-running Strike Silver, winner of the Indian Summer Stakes at Keeneland, drew the rail and was installed as the 4-1 morning line favorite.
Ward's quartet includes Shang Shang Shang, winner of the Group 2 Norfolk Stakes in June at the renowned Royal Ascot meeting in her most recent start. The trainer will also saddle Chelsea Cloisters, Moonlight Romance, and Stillwater Cove.
The field, in post position order with morning-line odds and riders:

1. Strike Silver, Leparoux, 4-1
2. Soldier's Call, Murphy, 9-2
3. Well Done Fox, Buick, 12-1
4. Stillwater Cove, I. Ortiz, 20-1
5. Bulletin, Castellano, 10-1
6. Moonlight Romance, J. Ortiz, 12-1
7. Shang Shang Shang, Velazquez, 5-1
8. Sergei Provofiev, Moore, 6-1
9. Chelsea Cloisters, Gaffalione, 8-1
10. So Perfect, Lordan, 12-1
11. Queen of Bermuda, Prat, 20-1
12. Pocket Dynamo, Rosario, 20-1
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