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EXECUTIVE SEARCH forced the issue on the outside in the early going, was reined back letting an outside rival go ahead making an early move outside entering the turn, closed in on the embattled duo when roused through the turn at the quarter pole to be in the hunt three wide between horses straightening out for the drive and relentlessly wore down a stubborn frontrunner in deep stretch to get up for the win a few strides before the finish line. CLASSIC DANCER broke out on the break, recovered to have the lead on the rail midway down the back straight, dictated the pace but by only a narrow margin on the rail going with the bias in the favor of frontrunners through the turn, still maintained albeit a shrinking advantage on the fence by the furlong pole and gave way grudgingly in deep stretch to the winner staying on for the runners up share with a strong effort on this day. FAIRWAY TO HEAVEN broke in at the start, trailed the field along the backside, began to reach for more ground picking up rivals three wide at the quarter pole, swung out widest in the seven path gathering more speed in upper stretch and was gaining steadily through the lane but could not get to the top two in time and settled for a clear third in the end. MID DAY IMAGE travelled on the outside in mid-pack going three deep down the back straight, kept pace three wide between foes midway through the turn, shifted out five wide looking for a seam turning for home, was shuffled back to last losing his path at the furlong marker and when having clear run in deep stretch surged late to get up for a minor share at the wire. TRICKY MAGICIAN had a stalking trip ahead of only one runner down the backside, made a sharp move bursting around foes four wide in midturn, shifted to the six path between rivals while still coming on at the top of the stretch but could not sustain the rally and stalled with runners on either side with a sixteenth of a mile remaining. HARPER CITY travelled in midfield in the two path between runners early on, made little movement under a drive near the rear just off the fence in the running around the oval and finished with interest dueling for a minor share in deep stretch just fading for that position inside rivals in the final seventy yards. PAPERBACK HERO was nudged along trying to hold inside position in mid-division along the backside, could not keep up to the outside flow of runners making a move at the three eighths marker, regressed on the fence around the bend and could only manage to pick up a tired runner in the stretch drive at the furlong pole. DISSECTOLOGIST progressed four deep outside rivals down the backside to track the front two by the half, continued to move on forwardly on the turn to bid for the lead outside at the quarter pole, was still in the conversation between foes in the four path at the top of the lane, had nothing more left to offer in upper stretch and wilted by the furlong pole being engulfed by runners on both sides.