Claiming

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HONORARY DEGREE broke out at the start and was corrected, chased four then three wide briefly before tucking to the inside at the nine-sixteenths, rode the rail through the turn coming under coaxing at the three-eighths, spun just off the inside into upper stretch, came out slightly a furlong out brushing with RIBBONS AND MEDALS, then dug in under a drive to issue a challenge and seize command seventy yards from the finish and prevailed by a neck over a late charging rival. MOUNT TRAVERS coaxed from the gate, chased along the inside down the backstretch and then three wide through the turn coming under coaxing at the three-eighths, angled six to seven wide into upper stretch and offered up his best stride late to close stoutly outside and miss by a neck. FIRST DEPUTY coaxed from the gate, chased just off the inside under coaxing from the five-sixteenths, swung three wide into upper stretch and offered up a mild kick. STRIKING SPEED coaxed from the gate, vied briefly from the three path between foes before shaking away to sole command albeit under pressure from RIBBONS AND MEDALS to the outside, tucked inside through the turn and widened away as a pair from the rest of the field, spun two to three wide into upper stretch, edged clear under a drive to the eighth pole, dug in under growing threat and was caught seventy yards from home and weakened in the very late stages. RIBBONS AND MEDALS coaxed from the start, vied four to five wide outside a pair early on before prompting the pace from the two path, swung four to five wide into upper stretch, weakened in the late going. MORNING CUP brushed the near side stall at the start, got coaxed to be in front and vied briefly inside a pair of rivals from the two path before being shaken off, chased just off the inside through the turn coaxed along from midway, swung six wide into upper stretch and weakened.