Maiden Claiming

Chart notes

LEFTEMBEHIND broke out at the start and then got pinched out between foes under coaxing, chased three wide into the first turn and altered out four wide when a wall of foes in front buckled from solid bumps due to pressure from CATTANI outside seven and a half furlongs from home, chased four then five wide and got floated out seven wide at the three-eighths when caught outside an easing up RULE BREAKER and was placed to coaxing near the five-sixteenths, angled in to swing five wide into upper stretch, rallied to take command just inside the eighth pole, then edged clear under a drive to prevail. MUDVILLE NINE coaxed from the gate, got brushed at the seven and a half at the end of a chain of solid bumps and leans begun by CATTANI, chased along the inside coming under coaxing at the three-eighths, took over command with five-sixteenths to go and spun just off the inside into upper stretch, dug in under threat and was collared just inside the eighth pole, ran on to secure the place honors clear of the rest. JUST FOR LUCK coaxed from the start, raced six then five wide through the opening dog legged turn, chased two to three wide down the backstretch and through the far turn under coaxing from the seven-sixteenths, cornered just off the inside into upper stretch, offered up a bid to the furlongs grounds, kept on to the finish. ATLANTA'S ACUNA hustled from the gate, got bumped solidly between foes with seven and a half furlongs to run and squeezed out IMPULSIVE SPENDING and bumped STRATEGYFORYOU sideways due to pressure outside from RULE BREAKER and CATTANI, chased three to four wide coming under coaxing at the three-eighths, swung three wide for home and weakened. CATTANI hustled from the start, raced six paths off the inside briefly before tucking five wide and brushing RULE BREAKER, had that rival shy in and bumped foes solidly inside down through to MUDVILLE NINE along the rail, chased two to three wide down the backstretch and then four to five wide through the far turn under coaxing from the three-eighths, swung four wide into upper stretch, tired, and was eased through the final furlong to the finish. STRATEGYFORYOU coaxed from the start, got bumped solidly by ATLANTA'S ACUNA in a chain of bumping and was briefly knocked sideways before brushing MUDVILLE NINE, showed the way in hand along the inside coming under coaxing at the three-eighths, yielded the front with five-sixteenths to go, took the inside route into upper stretch and was eased home to the finish. IMPULSIVE SPENDING coaxed from the gate, raced three wide when bumped solidly between foes and squeezed out with seven and a half furlongs to run, chased along the inside coming under coaxing at the seven-sixteenths, took the inside route into upper stretch and eased home to the finish. FORWARD CAST coaxed from the start, chased along the inside coming under coaxing at the seven-sixteenths, spun just off the inside into upper stretch and was eased home to the wire. RULE BREAKER hustled from the start, got brushed by CATTANI and came inwards bumping ATLANTA'S ACUNA solidly into IMPULSIVE SPENDING starting a chain of solid bumps down through MUDVILLE NINE, chased four wide and then went six wide through the far turn getting placed to a protective hold, went ten to eleven wide into upper stretch and was eased up before being pulled up in the stretch, then walked off under his own power. Please note due to a technical error, the seven-eighths split was omitted pending review.