Draftkings Travers S.

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FIERCENESS broke in brushing the near side stall at the start, raced four paths off the rail past the stands the initial time before tucking three wide through the turn settling just off the pace but in close aim, tipped to be four wide down the backstretch and was given a nudge by the rider with half a mile to go and advanced to stack outside the top pair nearing the five-sixteenths coming under brief coaxing at that station, seized command outside the quarter pole once more on pause and spun two to three wide into upper stretch, got set down near the three-sixteenths and edged clear under a drive to the eighth pole, dug in bracing for a challenge near the sixteenth marker and got one, shied out under a left handed crop two paths late and gamely held on over a late surging rival. THORPEDO ANNA brushed the near side stall at the start, tracked the pace along the inside in close range past the stands and through the first turn, remained inside until tipped out to the two path with six furlongs to run taking up some cover behind the leader, remained on hold just off the rail into the far turn, came under coaxing at the five-sixteenths angling three wide at that station to take direct aim on the front, swung four wide into upper stretch, dug in under a drive rallying to issue a challenge inside the final furlong and got herded out a path late and just missed on the wire. SIERRA LEONE chased along the inside early on and was bumped one mile from home by CORPORATE POWER when that rival came under some pressure and was bumped by HONOR MARIE, who came in slightly from the three path, tipped two to three wide down the backstretch settled near the rear of the field, continued two to three wide through the far turn coming under coaxing at the three-eighths, angled five wide into upper stretch, dug in under a drive and offered up a mild kick to secure the show honors. DORNOCH forwardly placed three wide, went three wide through the first turn and down the backstretch in closest aim of the leader, tucked to the two path half a mile from home and steadily increased the pressure on the leader getting on near even terms three furlongs from home, came under coaxing at the five-sixteenths, spun two to three wide into upper stretch and weakened in the late stages. BATTEN DOWN a bit fractious in the gate prior to the start, got hustled from the gate and showed the way in hand just off the inside, came under some pressure from DORNOCH to his outside down the backstretch, tucked inside at the half mile pole, came under coaxing in tandem with DORNOCH just outside the five-sixteenths as that rival got on near even terms, yielded the front inside that station and cut the corner into upper stretch under a drive and weakened through to the finish. CORPORATE POWER a bit fractious in the gate prior to the start, broke in a step at the start bumping UNMATCHED WISDOM, raced just off the inside and was bumped by HONOR MARIE into SIERRA LEONE near the mile marker into the first turn, chased two to three wide down the backstretch before tucking back inside half a mile from home, came under coaxing at the three-eighths, took the inside route into upper stretch and tired. UNMATCHED WISDOM got bumped at the start by CORPORATE POWER and then just after the start by that rival again but due to pressure from BATTEN DOWN tucking over, raced just off the inside past the stands and through the first turn pulling a bit eager and under a hard hold with six and a half furlongs to go, tipped out three to four wide down the backstretch, had a wrap come loose from the right hind leg with five and a half furlongs to run and and dragged that behind him three to four wide into the far turn, came under coaxing at the three-eighths, swung four to five wide into upper stretch and tired. HONOR MARIE three wide through the stretch the first turn, went three wide into the first turn but came in slightly bumping CORPORATE POWER into SIERRA LEONE, tipped four to five paths off the inside down the backstretch before tucking to the two path into the far turn, came under coaxing at the three-eighths, swung three wide into upper stretch and trailed.