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MAKE ME BLUSH was rated off the first flight while shifting a bit off the inside racing to the turn, shifted out four wide in upper stretch and found his best stride in late stages to just edge SAMURAI CAUSE on the wire under firm handling. The latter settled outside foes dropping well off the leaders on the backstretch, angled to the rail leaving the midway point of the turn, split foes foes just off the inside to challenge for command leaving the sixteenth marker and just missed. WILD BEHAVIOR was urged disputing the pace outside a rival on the a narrow advantage racing to the turn, edged clear nearing upper stretch, held sway past the furlong marker but failed to sustain that momentum. SHIP IT RED tracked the leaders five wide in early stages, shifted in advancing on the pacesetter three deep nearing upper stretch to bid between foes late but lacked the needed final kick. VALIANT APPEAL, urged inside a rival prompting the pace racing into the turn, pressed inside foes past midstretch but weakened late. PUBLIC SAFETY was settled last racing to the turn, angled out five wide in upper stretch and continued with interest to improve position. ZOE'S DELIGHT tracked off the second flight racing to the turn, shifted out to race four wide between foes into the stretch but had no late bid. FLORIDA TWO STEP broke readily, made brief pursuit of the leaders racing four wide to the turn and gave way. BEAR BRIAN dropped out early. SKY JUMPER tracked just off the first flight between foes in the three path racing to the turn but retreated early.