Wesley Ward-Trained Maclean's Music Firster Sharp on Debut at Keeneland

2nd-Keeneland, $64,254, Msw, 4-10, 2yo, 4 1/2f, :52.17, sy, 2 1/4 lengths.
RAISE THE BAR (c, 2, Maclean's Music–Paschali, by Bernardini) ran to the money for trainer Wesley Ward as the even-money favorite on debut over the sloppy going at Keeneland Wednesday. The rail-drawn Douglas Scharbauer homebred was hustled to the front beneath John Velazquez, kicked for home under very confident handling and was never seriously asked for run while crossing the wire 2 1/4 lengths clear of Tuxedo Park (Complexity). Paschali, a daughter of MGISW Pure Clan (Pure Prize), was bred to Shoplifted and Competitive Edge for 2024. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $30,551. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O/B-Douglas Scharbauer (TX); T-Wesley A. Ward.

Favored RAISE THE BAR ($4.26) went gate-to-wire under a hand ride to win his first career start in race 2 at Keeneland!

Johnny Velazquez was in the irons for trainer Wesley Ward and owner/breeder Douglas Scharbauer. pic.twitter.com/uzoMq0ZNzK

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