Starter Optional Claiming

Chart notes

FROG TOWN hopped and was off slow, lacked speed three wide, fanned four to five wide around the turn, rallied outside of foes through the lane, and drove past the leaders entering the final sixteenth. COUNTERSPY chased from midpack two wide, pursued from behind the leaders with multiple lengths to find in upper stretch, shifted four wide in the final furlong, and stayed on to reach place at the wire. MACHINE GUN MAN prompted the pace two wide and between horses, vied around the turn, dueled with a narrow advantage in the final furlong, but was outkicked by an outer bidder at the sixteenth pole, then was caught at the wire for place. MONEY RUN set the pace along the inside, sparred with a pair of outer foes around the turn, sustained the battle through upper stretch, but yielded in the final sixteenth. ZAICI brushed the outer half of the gate upon leaving it, prompted the pace three wide, vied around the turn, dueled through upper stretch, but faltered between horses approaching the sixteenth pole. BIG BEEMSTER saved ground off of the pace, shifted outwardly in upper stretch, and stayed on to narrow the gap late. TIZ THE BIG ONE chased the leading trio from the two path into the turn, shifted to the four path approaching the five sixteenths pole, and lacked a bid before fading. BORN FLAWLESS was outurn.