West Will Power
Bay Horse / April 15th, 2017 in KY / by Bernardini out of Wild Promises
$412,800
2023 earnings
117
speed figure
50%
2023 wins
racing Record
2023 Stats
Career Stats
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1
Firsts
6
1
Seconds
7
0
Thirds
0
0
Unplaced
2
2
Starts
15
$412,800
Earnings
$1,086,730
$206,400
Earnings / Start
$72,449
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Bio
West Will Power was bred in Kentucky by owners Gary and Mary West by the sire Bernardini out of the mare Wild Promises by Wild Event.
West Will Power saw stakes action during his 4-year-old campaign in 2021, finishing fourth in the Grade 3 $150,000 Salvatore Mile at Monmouth Park on June 12, and later second in the Grade 3 $250,000 Iselin Stakes back at Monmouth on Aug. 21.
West Will Power was bred in Kentucky by owners Gary and Mary West by the sire Bernardini out of the mare Wild Promises by Wild Event.
West Will Power saw stakes action during his 4-year-old campaign in 2021, finishing fourth in the Grade 3 $150,000 Salvatore Mile at Monmouth Park on June 12, and later second in the Grade 3 $250,000 Iselin Stakes back at Monmouth on Aug. 21.
Following nearly a year layoff from Sept. 25, 2021, to Aug. 6, 2022, the 5-year-old West Will Power finished a promising second by a head in the $70,000 Cowboy Jones Stakes at Ellis Park. He followed that up this his first win in more than a year in a Churchill Downs allowance race going 1 1/8 miles on the dirt on Sept. 28.
West Will Power went to Keeneland for his next start on Oct. 29 in the Grade 2 $350,000 Hagyard Fayette Stakes at 1 1/8 miles on the main track and earned his first career graded stakes win with a wire-to-wire 6 3/4 -length victory over a field of six. He then concluded his 2022 season with a second-place finish in the Grade 1 Clark Stakes at Churchill Downs on Nov. 25.
West Will Power returned for his 6-year-old season and made his first start of 2023 on Feb. 18 in the Grade 3 Razorback Handicap at Oaklawn Park, where he finished second.
West Will Power returned to the winner's circle in a big way in his next start, which came on March 25 in the Grade 2 $500,000 New Orleans Classic Stakes. Sent off as the 5-2 second choice on the tote board in a field of seven, West Will Power pressed the pace all the way, challenged on the turn, and opened up a big lead in the stretch on his way to a 4 3/4-length victory in a time of 1:47.95 for the 1 1/8 miles.
