Starter Optional Claiming

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CHANNEL WON tracked along the inside, rallied along the rail to bid for the lead entering the final sixteenth, shifted a bit outwardly and put SPECTROLITE to tight quarters in the process, and edged forward late. HUG THE MUNNY laid close up inside of SPECTROLITE early on, got outsprinted into the turn causing him to shift outside of that foe soon after, stalked from the three path around the bend before floating tot he four path in upper stretch, ranged up to bid approaching the final furlong, led at that junction while shifting back down to the three path, but was outkicked by an inner bidding foe in the final sixteenth. HERE COMES KYLE broke rankly while last away, chased in midpack in the four path around the turn, drifted to the seven path in midstretch, and stayed on late to miss reaching place. COCO TIGER stalked the top pair from the three path, shifted to the five path in upper stretch, chased through the lane, bid for show along with an outer HERE COMES KYLE in the final sixteenth, but was outfinished by that rival for that position. SPECTROLITE dueled outside of HUG THE MONEY down the backstretch through, cleared that foe into the turn while having to set a quick pace to do so, showed the way from his outer counterpart while in the two path before shifting a bit outwardly entering the lane, but was headed at the furlong grounds, then weakened while being put to tight quarters by an inner bidding rival entering the final sixteenth, and was eased thereafter. CRUSADER EXPRESS broke inwardly, trailed the field around the turn, swung to the eight path entering the lane, and stayed on willingly while hanging on his left lead. THE GREEN MO'STER raced far back in the three to four path, and made little impact. JUST BLAZE saved ground far off of the pace, and never got involved. LT. BONURA laid off of the pace in the two to three path around the turn, and was outrun through the lane.