Durham Cup S.

Chart notes

COOL KISS had a good position nestled on the rail drafting behind the frontrunner, rated kindly inside another in midfield down the backstretch, began to reel in the embattled duo when roused for more at the five sixteenths pole, gathered more speed shifting out to the four-path straightening out for home and determinedly wore down foes through the stretch to get up in the final few jumps outside for the victory. DRESDEN ROW was forwardly placed shadowing the frontrunner outside on the first turn, vied between runners up top down the backside, moved in to duel for the front end at the quarter pole, began to edge away on the early leader two wide midway down the lane, braced for the oncoming challenge outside by the winner in deep stretch but just missed holding on at the wire in a tight finish. PARAMOUNT PRINCE assumed command having the fence early on, maintained a slim advantage quickening the pace into a headwind along the backside, was headed outside midpoint on the final bend, fought on stubbornly inside on the fence in upper stretch, gave way to the top pair by the sixteenth pole and finished up well enough to be all alone for the show money at the wire. PLAYMEA TUNE broke in at the start, had a stalking trip on the rail in the early stages, made a sharp rally progressing inside runners on the far turn from the three eighths marker to the quarter pole, was no match for the lead three down the lane but did finish up willingly to settle on the fringes in the end. CLASSIC MO TOWN hopped, brushing the outside rival on the start to trail the field on the first turn, shared the rear outside with a couple of rivals going three deep along the backside, picked up the bit circling around horses taking the overland route four wide midway on the last turn, moved out widest in the six path for the stretch drive, could not sustain the run and finished up evenly in the last furlong. SKYRO was situated in mid-division in the three path on the initial turn, co-trailed with runners on both sides with a half mile still to go, made a brief moved keeping pace with others at the five sixteenths pole but could not get into contention four wide in the late running. LOOSE WIRE was floated out five wide outside horses in mid-pack on the first turn, took closer order prompting the pace three deep outside the lead pair down the backstretch, dropped back off the lead duo by the half, had little to give retreating three wide between horses at the five sixteenths pole and could not offer a finish through the lane. JOURNEYMAN settled in midfield on the outside of the eventual winner along the backside, was hard ridden unable to keep up to others making a run at the five sixteenths pole and failed to menace in the three path for the drive to the wire.