Maiden Claiming

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HAWKS CREEK unhurried in the early going to be in the back half of the field, avoided trouble in the first turn, gradually closed ground up the backside after working toward the rail, commenced a rally in the far turn angling out and bumping FULL DRESS BLUES, continued his bid four wide through the turn and closed determinedly down the lane to be up inside the final yards. COPPERLITE stalked the pace to the far turn, made a three wide bid turning for home, split rivals in the lane and finished willingly to be up for the place. HOT N LUCKY prompted the pace to the far turn, tipped out while rallying in the turn into the path of MITOLE'S BAYTOWN causing that one to nearly clip heels, rallied up to take the lead inside the final eight and was caught in deep stretch. EXTRA HALO broke alertly to set the pace, opened a clear lead in the final turn, kept on through the lane and was out-finished in deep stretch. INMYDREAMS raced four wide into the first turn, angled in bumping FULL DRESS BLUES, causing that one to crowd UKRAINE STRONG who took up sharply, then leveled off into a steady rhythm and went evenly failing to mount a bid. HOLD THE PHONE raced near the rear of the field to the head of the lane and passed weaker rivals in the stretch. FULL DRESS BLUES raced three wide into the first turn, was bumped by INMYDREAMS and pushed into UKRAINE STRONG, was gathered together and raced mid-pack down the backside, rallied up from three wide into the final bend, was bumped by HAWKS CREEK when that one angled out, took up to regain stride and finished evenly from there the victim of a very rough trip. MITOLE'S BAYTOWN stalked the pace from three wide to the far turn, nearly stumbled when cut-off by HOT N LUCKY and nearly lost his rider who maintained balance and gathered him up to finish evenly coming home. NO MANCHES was never a threat. UKRAINE STRONG raced just off the fence into the first turn when caused to check severely when INMYDREAMS angled inward, regained his momentum to be mid-pack down the backside and gradually faded having lost all chance early. LUCERITO BLANCO was never a factor. THE STEWARDS POSTED AN INQUIRY INTO THE ACTIONS OF HOT N LUCKY IN THE FAR TURN AND THE RIDER OF MITOLE'S BAYTOWN CLAIMED FOUL AGAINST HOT N LUCKY FOR THE INTERFERENCE ON THE TURN, IN ADDITION THE RIDER OF UKRAINE STRONG CLAIMED FOUL AGAINST INMYDREAMS FOR INTERFERENCE ON THE FIRST TURN, UPON REVIEW THE STEWARDS DISQUALIFIED HOT N LUCKY AND PLACED HIM SEVENTH AND DISQUALIFIED INMYDREAMS AND PLACED HIM TENTH.