Optional Claiming

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CRIMINAL INTENT was roused three deep having a slim advantage down the backside, shook clear up top for a brief moment into the turn, relinquished the lead on the fence midturn with a couple of outside rivals making an early bid, was calmly nudged for more skimming the fence at the top of the lane to reclaim the lead in upper stretch, had more to open up with a sixteenth to go and under a well rated ride held safe for basically a gate to wire score. ROAR OF THE CROWD travelled on the outside in midfield down the backside, was forced to go with an outside rival trying to swoop the field four wide at the three eighths pole, poked his head in front between horses with a quarter mile to run, could not keep up to the winner inside who had something left for the drove in the final eighth of a mile but still ran on gamely to clearly be second best. SPEEDY BEAR pressed the pace on the rail in the beginning, was shuffled on the fence when outside rivals were making a move early on in the running around the bend, started to get back into stride three wide at the top of the stretch and found another gear with a furlong remaining to close in smartly to capture the show award. FOUR STRONG WINDS broke sharp with the leaders at the start, dropped back through the back straight to be at the rear on the fence by the half, had a sharp move advancing on the rail midway on the turn, shifted just outside two wide turning for home and finished with good late energy to be a fringe player in the end. BUCYK was brushed on the outside on the start, settled three deep watching the frontrunner down the back straight, could not quicken with the lead trio while between rivals at the three eighths marker, had a chance for a piece of the prize a little behind the winner in the two path turning for home but faded on the fence in the final seventy yards. TIERNAN was in the mix early on between challengers, tracked the leader when reined in at the half, made little headway just off the fence outside another through the oval, shifted out four wide at the top of the lane but was one paced in the stretch. MAGIC POWER trailed the field in the early stages, made a premature early move four deep at the half starting to make a run outside rivals, quickly moved in four wide outside runners to bid for the lead outside with five sixteenths from home, was in the thick of things four wide at the top of the lane, could not sustain the long rally and folded between horses in the three path in the final furlong. RIDE FOR THE PURSE stalked close to the back in the three path between horses at the half, made no progression four wide outside through the turn, shifted inwards to the two path turning for home and passed a weary rival inside down the lane. DONTGOBACKONURWORD was brushed inside on the break, settled near the rear between rivals along the backside, made little impression going three wide around the bend, angled out widest in the five path turning for home and had little to show in the stretch running.