Steady Growth S. Black Type

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RON'S GIZMO was allowed to settle loping along seeing the field down the backstretch, began to smartly pick up runners outside at the three eighths pole, circled around rivals on the turn, shifted out six wide outside challengers reaching for more ground, found another gear in mid-stretch and wore down the leaders in the shadow of the wire surging late for the stretch running victory. SECRET RESERVE chased the pacesetter outside in the first turn, rated kindly watching the lone speed down the backside with the field spread out, moved in to apply pressure to the frontrunner midway through the last turn, poked his head in front in the two path in early stretch, dug in stubbornly with rivals on either side holding up front with seventy yards from the prize but could not fend off the late burst by the winner outside in the last couple of jumps. NO MORE OPTIONS travelled inside foes in the middle of the pack, watched the front two down the backstretch, improved sharply on the fence through the far turn, shifted out to be five wide gathering speed at the top of the lane, fought on gamely between foes in the thick of things with a sixteenth left to run and just missed but was on the losing end of a three way blanket finish at the wire. MAAKWA seized control inside from the get-go, edged away for a clear lead by the half, held the lead up top around the final bend, relinquished the front inside at the top of the stretch, was unwavering, kept on trying to the wire but just faded slightly to settle for a minor share in deep stretch. RAPID TEST settled close to the back of the pack three wide on the first bend, regressed along the backside three deep, made little headway three wide on the last turn, swung out seven wide for the drive to the finish line and had good late energy passing foes in the final furlong. LAC MACAZA stalked near the rear four wide on the initial turn, advanced four deep outside horses down the backside, rallied three wide with three furlongs to go, lost his path five wide in upper stretch and could not recoup to threaten in the late stages. ALLEGORICAL stalked close to the back of the pack in the two path, made no movement down the backside between horses, offered a brief rally inside closing the gap at the quarter pole, shifted out five wide in upper stretch but had no finish to give in the final furlong. DUN DRUM travelled three wide watching the front twosome on the first of two turns, tracked in the second flight outside down the backstretch, was roused in the two path between foes watching the lead group at the three eighths pole, was shuffled back with a quarter mile to go, angled six wide for the stretch run but failed to menace down the lane. MASON'S GAMBLE was nestled on the rail near the rear, made little progress inside rivals down the backstretch, trailed around the last turn and made little impression in the stretch running.