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SKYTREE brushed with MACHICO MADEIRA at the start, was up with the early leaders but under some coaxing from the rider to keep pace, swung four-wide into the lane, idled a bit in upper stretch, then found best stride in the final furlong, and surged clear in the final yards. UNBRIDLED O'BRIEN vied inside early, settled just behind MACHICO MADEIRA through the turn, bid up the rail in the stretch, hit the front inside the furlong pole but was outkicked by the winner. MR. RIFFLE broke inward but was otherwise away well, was always close up, loomed a threat coming off the last bend, but flattened out a bit in deep stretch. LEAVETHENINETYNINE outpaced in the early stages, tracked four-wide down the backstretch, then was mildly gaining late while racing mostly on the wrong lead through the stretch. JOLLY MON hustled up after the start, then settled at the rear of the main pack going into the turn, lost ground on the leaders on the turn, was kept to task late, and finished up with some energy but was never a serious threat. MACHICO MADEIRA took a light bump from SKYTREE then veered in after the start, showed good speed to take the early lead, opened up a bit midway through the turn, had the lead at the head of the lane but weakened in the final furlong. WISLEY lost the path and steadied at the start, chased five-wide under a drive, then weakened before the stretch. BUKELE was off slow and came out of the gate a bit awkwardly, raced in the middle of the field in the second flight down the backstretch, made a mild three-wide move into the turn, went about seven-wide at the top of the stretch, but was unable to rally. EMBERLIGHT tracked three-wide near the rear and lacked a finish. DREAM POLICE raced close up early, then backed off before the three-furlong pole and was uninvolved in the late stages. WITHOUTANYMALICE hesitated at the break and was slow to begin, chased from far back and was never a factor. MR WARDEN raced briefly with the pack, then dropped well out of it on the turn and finished far back. THERE WAS A STEWARDS INQUIRY INTO THE RUNNING OF THE RACE. AFTER A REVIEW, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN. This race had a timing discrepancy or malfunction and was re-timed using video technology to arrive at the most accurate time.