Maiden Special Weight

Chart notes

MYSTIC NIGHT made contact with CLEMENZA after stumbling at the break, settled into stride, departed the backstretch from path three, got called upon in the vicinity of the five-sixteenths pole, angled six wide and took off in earnest after the one to catch with good energy, collared MANDATORY inside the eighth pole and shook clear. CONTINUATION took up position in midpack, raced three wide on the turn, was put to a drive as six furlongs was being reeled off, swung out a couple paths wider for the drive, rallied for the place. MANDATORY moved over to the rail after establishing the top, came under pressure from CLEMENZA coming up to the conclusion of the backstretch, sputtered three wide onto the top of the lane, with the aforementioned rival following suit by spinning much wider himself into the stretch, was put to stronger handling, yielded a little beyond the eighth pole, then weakened into the show slot. AJHAR took the inside route, was called upon for more crossing the midway point of the turn, cut the corner and was outkicked. CLEMENZA bumped with the winner in the shadow of the gate, assumed a forward position, quickened enough so as to latch on to the pacesetter approaching the half mile pole, prompted that opponent all throughout the turn from path two, was induced into spinning four wide into the lane by the leader, steadied briefly right around the three-sixteenths pole reacting to an errant MANDATORY, never regained any interest. JOHNNYPUMP quickly spotted along the rail, took it until the quarter pole, got steered three wide entering the stretch, lacked the necessary response. BECKENBAUER strung out four wide on the turn, was a bit nearer to the rail coming into the lane, never got involved. All riders carried an additional two pounds in compliance with a weather-related safety initiative.