LEXINGTON, Ky. – Wesley Ward celebrated the Easter holiday by riding a lawn mower for part of the day. Of course he did. Ward must have been punishing himself for failing to win either of the 2-year-old races on the opening-day Keeneland card Friday, when Dream Fly was second at 4-5 and Magniloquent was seventh at 7-5. “Needed some alone time to do a little thinking, actually,” said Ward. It didn’t take Ward long to make good with loyal followers who know him as a 2-year-old specialist. He proceeded to win four stakes on the two-day opening weekend, all of them with 3-year-olds or older, in a remarkable feat that might well have him on his way to another Keeneland training title. “Big weekend, for sure,” said Ward. “Pretty ironic, isn’t it? We got beat with the 2-year-olds, and then we won all those stakes. It’s all very humbling.” :: Bet horse racing on DRF Bets. Double Your First Deposit Up to $250. Join Now. Later Friday, Ward won the Palisades Turf Sprint with Chasing Artie and the Grade 3 Beaumont with Twenty Carat, then was back the next day to win the Grade 2 Shakertown with Bound for Nowhere and the Grade 1 Madison with Kimari. The two Saturday triumphs were particularly gratifying. Bound for Nowhere, a 7-year-old Ward owns, earned a 105 Beyer returning from a layoff of nearly nine months and is now just $143 shy of being a million-dollar earner. Kimari, owned by Ten Broeck Farm, gave Ward his second victory in the Madison, following one of his all-time favorites, Judy the Beauty, in 2014. When racing at the 15-day spring meet resumed Wednesday, Ward had just one scheduled starter – a 2-year-old firster named Kaufymaker, the morning-line favorite in the first race. He’ll have more action Thursday with entries in four races, including another 2-year-old first-timer, Twilight Gleaming, a Stonestreet Stables filly who surely will be favored with Irad Ortiz Jr. riding in race 2. “Maybe we can finally win one of these baby races,” he joked. Ward’s four wins give him a head start in the trainers’ race. He has won or shared six meet titles here, with the first coming at the 2012 fall meet and the latest (a tie) at the five-day 2020 summer meet.