Aloha West

Aloha West won his career debut in February 2021 at Oaklawn Park and added an allowance win three starts later in May at Churchill Downs. The 4-year-old Maryland-bred Hard Spun colt ran fourth in the Kelly’s Landing Stakes in his first start against stakes competition. Aloha West rattled off a pair of allowance wins over the summer at Saratoga Race Course before returning to stakes competition for the Grade 2 Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix Stakes Oct. 8 at Keeneland. He made a bold rally in the stretch but came up a neck short of winner Special Reserve in a determined runner-up finish.

Aloha West won his first graded stakes race on a big stage in dramatic fashion. He won the Grade 1 Qatar Racing Breeders' Cup Sprint at Del Mar on Nov. 6 by a nose in an incredibly exciting stretch run. He rated towards the back of the pack early on, then rallied wide in the stretch to take his shot at the leaders. Under vigorous urging from Jose Ortiz, he surged in the final sixteenth and won a very close photo over Dr. Schivel.

Owner Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and trainer Wayne Catalano brought Aloha West back for a 5-year-old campaign in 2022, and he finished third in the Grade 1 Churchill Downs Stakes Presented by Ford and fourth in the Hill ‘n’ Dale Metropolitan Handicap to start the year. He earned his first stakes win of the season on July 2, in the Kelly's Landing Stakes at Churchill. He rated off the pace on the rail early on, then angled in the two-path in the stretch and made his move in the final quarter. In the last strides, he fended off the persistent challenge of Miles Ahead for the victory. 

Aloha West is out of Grade 3 winner Island Bound, by Speightstown.