Maiden Optional Claiming

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UNHEARD was bumped on the break, trailed down the backstretch, patiently narrowed the margin on the leaders around the bend, looked for a seam while four wide behind a wall of runners at the quarter pole, decide to take the outside route at the furlong marker while closing in and got up in the last few jumps under a well-timed stretch run. MARDENE pressed inside early on, was then allowed to settle into a rhythm tracking the lead duo on the rail, shifted off the fence two wide between foes three eighths out, dueled four wide in the stretch drive and stubbornly kept on trying with runners on both sides in deep stretch to just get the place share at the finish line. SAUCY NAME prompted the issue three deep on the outside, poked her head in front under a snug hold into the turn, put away the early pace foe inside at the five sixteenths pole, braced for the barrage of challengers outside with a quarter mile left to run, fought on gamely inside down the lane but faded a few strides before the wire just losing the nod for place in a photo. VRANA (IRE) was reined back on the fence to watch the contesting trio with five furlongs from home, dropped back losing some positioning by the half, shifted outside with five sixteenths to go, continued to tip outside to be widest in the nine path at the top of the stretch, offered a mild late run but could not threaten the top three finishers and settled on the fringes at the finish line. SILENT PASSION broke in to begin, settled at the back ahead of only one runner in the early stages, shifted out to be six wide straightening out for home, angled back inside down the lane to be on the rail and passed some weary foes in mid-stretch. WORLD SHOWCASE settled three wide in the middle of the pack, made an early move three wide around foes at the half to be in range of the leaders in the eight path by the top of the lane, could not sustain the rally and tired by mid-stretch. SECRET BUTTERFLY veered in on the break, was coaxed to move closer for a better forward position between horses down the backside, tracked in the second tier between rivals on the turn, was in the hunt six wide at the top of the lane but could not go on and faltered by the furlong pole. FLATTERING LOOK travelled in midfield four deep down the backside, stalked in the third flight outside making little impression through the turn, angled out to the eighth path but could not get involved driving to the wire. TRUSTMYDADDYISSUES had a slim lead two wide between runners at the start, pressed the pace on the fence around the bend, had no more to offer with five-sixteenths to go, backing away on the fence and emptied out on the rail by upper stretch.