Maiden Optional Claiming

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GOLDEN BOSS stalked in the third flight with runners on either side down the backstretch, keep pace while in hand waiting for the cue around the turn, shifted out three wide in the mix in upper stretch, was full of run when set down and finished up smartly in the final furlong to win going away. REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY tracked inside in the beginning, had to be steadied in tight quarters on the fence at the half, was shuffled back to be in the third tier inside waiting for room on the turn, found a seam two wide inside the three sixteenths pole and had a strong late rally to be a solid second best on this day. TENTOMIDNIGHT broke sharply from the outside to clear to the fence by the half for the lead, continued up top unchallenged around the bend, still had a comfortable advantage with an eighth left to run but faded in the final seventy yards to be a clear third in the end. PRETTY GOOD JOKE watched the pacesetter three deep down the backside, pursued the frontrunner throughout the turn and was one paced three wide down the lane to settle on the fringes at the finish line. LINDA'S OPAL broke out to begin, traveled in midfield early on, shifted just outside two wide through the turn but could not advance, angled to the five path turning for home and finished up willingly passing rivals in the final furlong. ARCTIC BLONDE broke out on the start, settled in mid-pack between foes in the two path along the backside, was floated out six wide for the drive to the wire and could not be a presence outside foes through the lane. SPELLCHECK was unhurried being taken a hold of slightly on the break, improved smartly three deep outside foes down the backstretch, closed the gap going four wide around horses on the turn, had a chance for a piece of the prize in the four path at the top of the stretch but wilted with a sixteenth of mile remaining. LILLZ STAR trailed the field along the backside, had little movement around the turn, angled widest in the eight path in upper stretch but failed to menace in the stretch drive. WHISKEY N ICE chased the pacesetter down the back straight, was roused on the fence but was going the wrong way at the quarter pole and folded inside by the sixteenth pole. CONQUER THE STORM was away slowly to begin, settled near the rear ahead of only one rival down the backside, was scrubbed on for more but could not go with others seeing the field throughout the turn and was not involved in the stretch running.