Manny Wah

After winning his second career start, Manny Wah ran third in the Ellis Park Juvenile Stakes in his stakes debut in August at Ellis Park. His first try stretching out around two turns was unsuccessful as he faded to seventh in the Grade 3 Iroquois Stakes in September at Churchill Downs.

Manny Wah cut back to a mile for his next start at Keeneland Race Course and dominated an allowance/optional claiming race by 3 ½ lengths. He followed with a fourth-place finish in the Street Sense Stakes on Breeders’ Cup weekend at Churchill Downs before closing out his 2-year-old season with a runner-up finish in the Sugar Bowl Stakes going three-quarters of a mile at Fair Grounds in December.

In his 3-year-old bow, Manny Wah pressed the pace in the Grade 3 Lecomte Stakes at Fair Grounds on Jan. 19 and held on resolutely for third. He continued on the Kentucky Derby trail for one more race but finished sixth in the Risen Star Stakes Presented by Lamarque Ford and was shortened up to sprints and one-turn miles after that. Late in 2019, Manny Wah cycled back into good form with a win in a Churchill Downs allowance, a runner-up finish by a neck at Mahoning Valley, and a third to Omaha Beach in the Grade 1 Malibu Stakes.

Manny Wah went winless through seven starts in 2020 but finished a close second in a couple of allowances, one at Oaklawn Park and one at Keeneland. He also ran third in three stakes races, including the Grade 3 Count Fleet Special Stakes behind Whitmore.

In 2021, Manny Wah started off his 5-year-old season with a sharp win in Duncan F. Kenner Stakes Jan. 16 at Fair Grounds, but he was shelved after a start in February and did not return until December.  He resumed a more active schedule in 2022 but was winless through eight starts, with two runner-up finishes, heading into the Grade 2 Stoll Keenon Ogden Stakes Oct. 7 at Keeneland.

Sent off as a 17.57-1 longshot in the eight-horse field, Manny Wah assumed his usual position near the back of the pack in the six-furlong sprint before rallying four-wide in early stretch. Jockey Corey Lanerie then angled him swiftly to the inside to avoid tiring horses, and Manny Wah rallied strongly to edge Long Range Toddy and score a career-defining victory. He earned an automatic berth in the Qatar Racing Breeders’ Cup Filly Sprint Nov. 5 at Keeneland with the win.