Claiming

Chart notes

MYSTIC LINK broke sharply, conceded the lead to stalk a rival's pace along the inside under light rating racing to the backstretch, shifted off the inside racing into upper stretch, was prompted to advance while caught in close quarters bidding between foes just outside the pacesetter but wrested a narrow advantage in time under firm left handed encouragement to prevail. BOLD PAYNTER tracked the leaders three deep off the first flight racing to the backstretch, shifted four wide on the far turn while being prompted to advance and continued willingly in an extended drive to narrowly prevail for the place honors. SNAP HOOK, in touch with the leaders three deep attending the pace in the opening half, pressed the issue between foes in that path racing into upper stretch but was outkicked by the top pair while racing in close quarters through late stages. PROFESSIONAL angled inwards racing to the first turn to dictate the pace on a narrow margin racing a bit off the rail to the backstretch, shifted to the inside entering the stretch while resisting several challengers but yielded nearing the wire. LITTLE MAZZY tracked just off the first flight between foes racing to the backstretch, lost some position on the far turn but angled five wide leaving midstretch to continued with a mild bid. TAPSOLUTE angled to the inside tracking off the first flight racing to the first turn but dropped back early.