Allowance Optional Claiming

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FISH MOONEY was allowed to settle having one challenger beaten down the backside, close the gap on the leaders when the field bunched up at the three furlong pole, waited patiently inside through the far turn looking for running room, made a quick move closing in on the leaders four wide at the quarter pole, pounced to the lead at the furlong marker in the five path and held off all rivals to the wire. LIAM'S GIFT was under a good hold on the fence near the rear early on, advanced smartly on the rail in hand along the backstretch, waited while tucked in on the rail behind the contesting trio on the far turn, had to switch off the fence to find running room in the four path at the eighth pole but could not finish as strong as the winner in deep stretch. BLUEBERRY FIELDS settled in midfield finding her stride outside runners under a tight rein, began to pick up rivals moving strong outside circling three wide with three furlongs remaining, swung out widest in the nine path at the top of the lane and was closing in with each stride but had too much to do through the stretch run. WICKENHEISER stalked close to the back of the pack two wide between runners along the backstretch, began to pick up horses on the rail smartly at the three eighths marker, moved strongly around the leaders four wide at the quarter pole, pounced to the lead at the furlong marker but could not hold off the closers in deep stretch. SHE MAKES A POINT kept a close eye tracking the front pair down the backstretch, crept closer three wide on the far turn, bid for the lead between runners in the three path straightening out for the drive but needed more late to pose a threat at the wire. HITS DIFFERENT travelled on the fence in the third flight down the backside, was hard ridden trying to maintain position between horses at the seven sixteenths marker and was one paced running evenly through the stretch. BUTTERED TOAST trailed the field in the early stages of the race, caught up to runners five wide at the quarter pole , swung out to the six path for the drive to the wire and showed some late energy passing some weary rivals through the stretch. JUMPIN JUNIE pressed the issue outside through the first turn, emerged with a clear lead down the backside, continued clinging to the lead around the final bend, was collared outside at the top of the lane and tired in the last sixteenth of a mile. BOUDICA stalked near the rear three wide into the first turn, had one rival beaten down the back straight, could not get interested through the final turn and wasn't a factor in the stretch drive. LADY MOONSHINE took this field on a slim lead into the first turn, was relegated to the chaser role on the outside down the back straight, bid for the lead in the two path with rivals on each side turning for home but retreated at in the final furlong. ROYAL BLUSH settled in midfield three wide on the first turn, continued in the third flight outside runners three wide at the half mile marker, offered a brief run four wide at the three furlong marker until the quarter pole and emptied out in upper stretch.