First Black-Type Win For American Pharoah As Maven Strikes In the Bois

[Wandering Eyes]

After a rare winless Royal Ascot, the irrepressible Wesley Ward went to Chantilly on Saturday to do something significant in providing American Pharoah with his first European black-type winner courtesy of Richard Ravin’s Maven in the G3 Connolly’s Redmills Prix du Bois. Breaking much better than the hot favourite and TDN Rising Star Hurricane Ivor (Ire) (Ivawood {Ire}), the Apr. 19 Aqueduct maiden special weight scorer kept finding for Mickael Barzalona to deny Jolie (Fr) (Power {GB}) in a photo.

Saturday, Chantilly, France
CONNOLLY’S REDMILLS PRIX DU BOIS-G3, €80,000, Chantilly, 6-29, 2yo, 5fT, :58.36, g/s.
1–MAVEN, 126, c, 2, by American Pharoah
1st Dam: Richies Party Girl (MSW-US, $357,085), by Any Given Saturday
2nd Dam: Very Special Lite, by Majestic Light
3rd Dam: Very Special Lady, by Buckpasser
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (£725,000 RNA 2yo ’19 GOFLON). O-Richard Ravin; B/T-Wesley Ward (KY); J-Mickael Barzalona. €40,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, €83,668. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Jolie (Fr), 122, f, 2, Power (GB)–Elettra (Fr), by Literato (Fr). O-Torsten Raber & Janina Burger; B-Enrico Ciampi & Paul Nataf (FR); T-Andrea Marcialis. €16,000.
3–Kenlova (Fr), 122, f, 2, Kendargent (Fr)–Ice Love (Fr), by Three Valleys. (€60,000 Ylg ’18 ARAUG). O-LG Bloodstock & Guy Pariente; B-Guy Pariente Holding (FR); T-Pascal Bary. €12,000.
Margins: HD, 3, HF. Odds: 1.80, 11.00, 10.00.
Also Ran: Fan Club Rules (Ire), Great Dame (Ire), Sound Machine (Ger), Hurricane Ivor (Ire), Salerne (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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