Claiming

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DEPARTURE took control early while racing keenly into the first turn and moved inside, pressured midway near the nine-sixteenths pole then cleared leaving the backstretch, put to left handed urging in upper stretch and held TIZ PLUS at bay through the final sixteenth. TIZ PLUS forwardly place three deep then tucked inside on the first turn, steadied slightly off the heels of the leader past the nine-sixteenths pole, continued to stalk from inside to the far turn, tipped two wide with a quarter mile remaining, rallied outside the leader in deep stretch but could not get by. CALI BAY (IRE) reserved early and tucked inside, gained leaving the backstretch and through the far turn, chased within range through the final furlong but could not find the needed late kick. OVERDUE settled in the two path, went three wide into the second bend then moved into the two path, steered out approaching the stretch and chased widest through the lane, kept on and improved position. JACKS OUTLAW stalked along the inside, tugged the rider along early on the backstretch, raced in mid-pack two wide into the second bend, came out in the lane and lacked a bid. MAJESTIC EAGLE settled next to the rail, moved out in the middle stages and exited the backstretch three deep, angled back to the inside around the far turn and could not rally. GRAPE NUTS WARRIOR steadied briefly between rivals, moved into the two path to stalk the pacesetter, roused three then four wide on the second bend and weakened. BIRTH OF COOL raced up close from outside into the first turn, applied pressure at the nine-sixteenths pole but could not go on with the leader past the half-mile pole, chased two then three wide around the second bend, bothered a bit past the eighth pole but had already started to weaken. BOASTER may have broke a step slow but was content to trail early and steered to the inside, saved ground to the far turn and was never a factor.