Optional Claiming

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HUMBER RIVER broke in at the start, was pushed out four wide in the front group on the first bend, was four deep in the middle of the pack outside foes along the backside, ranged up still having a four wide journey on the last turn closing the gap and in the four path kept on finding more to edge away for the win in deep stretch. GOTME GOOD had the rail watching the lead quartet on the initial turn, drafted just behind the frontrunner at the half, kept pace saving ground at the five sixteenths pole, scarped paint to be in the mix in upper stretch, could not get to the winner in the final furlong but did continue on smartly to best the rest at the wire. BOWMAN'S RUN was going four wide outside runners in the tracking group on the first bend, settled into stride near the rear down the back straight, mounted a rally four wide with a quarter mile to run to be full in flight five wide turning for home, could not sustain the run never switching leads and stalled in the final furlong to settle for the show award in the end. PRIVATE LABEL tracked the pacesetter between runners, pressed the issue with runners on each side down the backstretch, dueled outside midway on the final turn, remained in the hunt three wide between rivals straightening out for the drive but needed more when fading in deep stretch to settle for a minor placing at the wire. GOOD KING SAM advanced on the rail utilizing the inside post to take this field into the first turn, had a slim advantage on the fence along the backside, bobbed heads dueling up top inside around the last turn, stayed on the incorrect lead two wide fighting on the front end in mid-stretch but could not continue on late and wilted in the final seventy yards. TIMES A BREEZE had a slow start to trail the field in the early going, stalked near the rear under a snug hold down the backside, was shuffled back to be last at the quarter pole and while in the five path passed a couple of weary runners down the stretch. WESTMINSTER was in tight on the break, recovered to prompt the pace three wide on the outside, shadowed the leader outside three deep at the half, bid for the lead three wide with three eights to go, could not keep up to the front duo by the five sixteenths under urging and tired in the three path in upper stretch. SILVER RALEIGH travelled in the two path in the middle of the pack for the early parts of the race, came under a ride trying to hold position between foes at the quarter pole, had little left for the drive and folded inside horses down the stretch. GRAFFITI WRITER travelled three wide between horses in the lead flight on the first turn, settled in midfield three deep along the backside, was urged for more midway on the final bend but was going the wrong way by the quarter pole and emptied out in the six path turning for home.