West Will Power

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 made his 6-year-old season debut on Feb. 18, 2023 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. 

He next finished second in the $600,000 Alysheba Stakes presented by Sentient Jet on 2023 Longines Kentucky Oaks day May 5 at Churchill Downs.

West Will Power earned the signature win of his career so far when he took the Grade 1 $1 million Stephen Foster Stakes at 1 1/8 miles at Ellis Park on July 1. Sent off as the 2-1 favorite on the tote board in a loaded field of eight older horses, West Will Power pressed the pace throughout, ranged up to challenge into the stretch and drew clear to a big lead in mid-stretch and did enough to hold on for a half-length victory in a time of 1:47.93 in a race that was originally scheduled to be run at Churchill Downs. The Stephen Foster was a Breeders' Cup Challenge series "Win and You're In" race, and with his win, West Will Power assured himself a spot in the starting gate for the Longines Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita.