Maiden Special Weight

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CIRCLE OF TRUST chased along the rail early before having to steady off heels first time through the stretch, continued in range from the fence to the far turn, angled three wide to take aim at the leaders from outside, challenged approaching the drive, quickly cleared in upper stretch, drifted to the inside and held safely. RUNYON CANYON was off a bit slow to start, traveled two wide at the back, cut to the inside past the quarter pole, steered out in upper stretch and showed late effort to gain second. IMA JOKER sat off the pace outside a rival, chased two to three wide on the far turn, moved out in the lane and finished evenly for third. AMERICANDREAMMAKER broke a bit slow and inward, traveled along the rail at the back, suffered a mild shuffle at the three-eighths pole, tipped out into the clear, then kept on through the lane for a minor award. TAHINI stumbled at the start, showed speed while racing keenly in hand outside a rival, cleared and crossed over early on the first turn, showed the way under pressure up the backstretch and far turn, fought inside a pair of rivals leaving the bend, yielded in upper stretch and weakened in the late stages. AURATIUM away quickly and crossed over, rated early while racing keenly on the front end before ceding command to TAHINI, steadied off the heels of that rival early on the first turn, angled out and went up to press the pace from outside, stayed alongside through the far turn, could not keep up entering the lane and faded out of contention. MATTERS became fractious in the gate, saved ground towards the rear, came under a ride on the far turn and weakened in the lane. WESTPHALIA stalked three deep first time through the stretch, two then three wide on the first turn, began to weaken three to four wide on the far turn and had little left for the stretch run.