Maiden Claiming

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ECHO WITH LAUGHTER tracked three deep on the outside in the early going, took closer order to hound the pace outside three furlongs from home, gained control at the quarter pole opening up by the time he entered the top of stretch and safely cruised home for the victory. GRAND AMBITION travelled inside in the third flight with four furlongs from the finish, made no headway between runners losing positions midway through the turn, shifted outside in the five path stubbornly fighting on at the top of the lane, found his best stride late and closed determinedly to be a clear second at the finish. DISCOVERY CHART trailed the field inside down the back straightaway, could still see the field while looking for a seam at the quarter pole, was blocked behind runners at the top of the lane, weaved through horses at the furlong pole and surged late bursting up the rail near the wire to capture third. IT'S ME MARIO was improving four deep around horses at the half, continued a good sustained run circling three wide at the quarter pole to be in range of the leader five wide for the stretch drive, chased the winner in upper stretch, wilted while on the wrong lead in the final sixteenth and was just edged out late for the third money. MR. DE was bumped soundly on the break, settled three deep between foes near the rear down the backside, was scrubbed on gaining mildly three wide outside horses through the turn, was in with a chance for a small share six wide for the stretch drive but stalled and levelled off in the final sixteenth. SMOKIN HOLIDAY settled close to the back of the pack two deep between rivals at the half, was shuffled back to last three furlongs from the wire, angled outside commencing a run at the quarter pole around foes, swung out widest in the seven path for the drive and ran on willingly to the finish. AMAZON FORESTER stalked on the rail close to the rear in the early stages, made little impact running on the fence throughout the turn, had a clear path inside turning for home and finished up mildly to the wire. PALACE RING broke out slightly on the start, tracked the pacesetter on the rail down the backside, watched the contesting duo with three eights to go, came under a ride going in the wrong direction at the quarter pole, had little to give in the stretch run, was pulled up galloping out and vanned back to the barn. BELLASPINA settled in mid-pack third flight three deep outside at the half, made a brief run through the turn to be in the mix between runners for a minor role two furlongs from the prize but came up empty in the four path for the drive and flattened out at the furlong marker. ONLY LOVE was loose on the lead down the backstretch, maintained a narrow advantage on the winner inside three furlongs from the wire, was collared at the quarter pole and stopped on the fence in mid-stretch.