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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 the Glorious Goodwood meet in the G3 Molecomb S. July 31.
Ward also saddles the returning Cambria (Speightstown), the lone filly in the field. A homebred for Stonestreet Stables, the chestnut filly opened her career with three straight wins, including the Sept. 7 Kentucky Downs Juvenile Turf Sprint S. and will be making her first start since finishing ninth in the GII Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Sprint Turf last November. TJCIS PPs
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