Richard Ravin

8th-Keeneland, $79,935, Alw, 7-8, 3yo, 5 1/2fT, 1:03.02, gd. MAVEN (c, 3, American Pharoah--Richies Party Girl {MSW, $357,085}, by Any Given Saturday), the less fancied of a pair of Wesley Ward runners at 3-1, turned this event into a one-horse affair for a barn that wins more than its fair share of sprints on the Lexington lawn. A debut winner while earning a strong 84 Beyer Speed Figure in April of his 2-year-old season, the chestnut traveled overseas to annex Chantilly's G3 Prix du Bois that June. He had been...

Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency 8th-KEE, $80K, Alw, 3yo, 5 1/2fT, 4:57p.m. Richard Ravin's MAVEN (American Pharoah), sent overseas following a debut win at Aqueduct in April, 2019, makes his first start in just over a year for trainer Wesley Ward. The chestnut colt RNA'd for £725,000 at last summer's Goffs London sale and, scratched from an expected start in the G2 Norfolk S. at Royal Ascot over ground concerns, was rerouted to win the June 29 G3 Prix de Bois at Chantilly. He was last seen finishing 10th at...