The 4yo daughter of Redoute's Choice started her season with a second to Heaven's Above in the Group III Sheraco Stakes at Rosehill before performing credibly in a pair of stakes races over the Melbourne Spring Carnival.
Given a cosy run back in
The Kia Ora Stud homebred cleared away to defeat Unequivocal (Not A Single Doubt) by three and a quarter lengths with Sheiswhatsheis (Bernardini) a length and a quarter back in third.
"She deserved that. She's had some good runs behind her this preparation. She's always shown good ability, certainly stakes level," co-trainer Peter Snowden said
"I was a bit disappointed
"I had intended to spell her but the week I had her at home she absolutely bloomed.
"She's a Redoute's Choice filly and when you get a good one they normally go on with it."
Consigned by Kia-Ora Stud to the 2014 Inglis Easter Yearling sale, Ravi (pictured as a yearling ) failed to make her $200,000 reserve.
With her first stakes win in the bag, Ravi advances her overall record to 5 wins, 2 seconds and 1 third from 11 starts with earnings of $283,520.
A sister to the Listed Newbury Carnarvon Stakes winner and multiple Group II placed Elzaam, Ravi is the seventh foal of the winning Kingmambo mare Mambo In Freeport (USA) a half-sister to Grade 1 Debutante Stakes winner Point Ashly (Point Given) and Grade II winner Raw Gold (
Mambo In Freeport (USA) has a 2yo filly by All Too Hard but has not had a mare return submitted for the last two seasons.
Ravi becomes the 137th stakes-winner for Arrowfield Stud's Redoute's Choice who has 13 yearlings heading to the Magic Millions in January. See them here.
