Claiming

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COMMISSIONER OSCAR stalked outside a rival, took closer order of the dueling leaders leaving the far turn, angled out five wide in upper stretch, sustained a grinding run under pressure outside rivals, switched over to his left lead in deep stretch and just got up. VITALE sent to the front, relaxed into the first turn and set the pace towards the inside, was joined near the five eighths by NEW YEAR SURPRISE and got into a heated duel, clung to the advantage under strong handling past the furlong grounds, kept on valiantly but was edged at the wire. NEW YEAR SURPRISE , brushed at the break, prompted the pace outside VITALE, drew alongside that one mid way through the backstretch run, battled to deep stretch, gave way stubbornly then unseated his rider after stumbling when in tight just past the wire. He and his rider walked off. WOODCOCK FLIGHT (IRE) stalked inside, edged up into the far turn, loomed behind the duelers nearing the lane, shifted out four wide, ranged up past mid stretch but was out kicked. MR. UNIVERSE , four wide into the first turn, drafted inside around the final turn, moved up leaving mid stretch then flattened out. DIAMOND DAVE broke inward, brushed with an inner foe then was squeezed back, saved ground after regrouping then steadied leaving the seven eighths, remained inside but could only muster up a belated kick. MAASAI WARRIOR , in close after the break, steadied between rivals near the three quarter pole, saved ground and faded. HONEST TO GOODNESS drifted in after the break bumping with a rival, steadied back off foes early then failed to menace. TEMPER TANTRUM broke slowly, circled four wide and failed to menace. BAKENEKO was rated back off foes early, wandered six wide into the first turn and faded. There was a stewards' inquiry into the stretch run and the incident involving NEW YEAR SURPRISE. No action was deemed necessary as the incident happened past the wire.