Maven Unlucky in French Debut; Nivard to Take Over as Driver

PARIS–US raider Maven and her driver Yannick Gingras finished “unplaced” in their Vincennes debut in Sunday’s Prix de Bourgogne, over the main track 2,100 meters trip. Yet the mare passed the test and her trainer Jimmy Takter, who hadn’t visited Vincennes since Moni Maker’s heyday back in 1999, did not have much trouble securing one