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FLY THE W had a good set up, tucked in on the fence keeping a close eye on the front three runners in the early stages, moved in closer when asked for more at the five sixteenths pole, shot through finding a seam three wide to loom boldly in upper stretch and with a couple of taps with a right handed crop drew away convincingly for the win in the last sixteenth of a mile. EL KABONG was in hand loose up top around the first turn, rambled along uncontested down the backside, was nudged for more on the fence up top at the quarter pole hearing rivals closing in, narrowly was holding onto the lead inside two wide in upper stretch, had no answer when the winner charged outside at the sixteenth pole and just lasted at the wire for the runners up share. ARISTOTLE broke inwards on the start, stalked close to the back outside for the first half of this two-turn race, picked up the bit in the three path between runners moving in tandem with the outside foe at the three eighths pole, had a good chance five wide for a piece of the prize in upper stretch, never switched leads in the drive, kept on coming nonetheless, got up capturing the third money late at the seventy yard marker and almost caught up to the fading pacesetter at the wire for the runners up share as well. TOUR THE CITY had an overland route going five wide in midfield around the first turn, continued to move forward to track the lead pair three deep down the backside, crept closer going three wide outside the front twosome on the final bend, posed a threat in the four path outside the leaders turning for home but evened out in the final furlong to be a minor player in the end. POSTURING was unhurried trailing in the beginning, shared the rear outside at the half, mounted a rally swooping four wide around foes at the three furlong pole, angled out to be in the five path at the top of the lane, could not continue the run and stalled outside horses at the furlong marker. REALLY GOOD was jostled between runners on the break to be near the rear inside in the early going, co-trailed on the rail at the half, could not keep up with the field at the three furlong pole, began to get interested four wide with a quarter mile to run, swung out widest in the seven path at the top of the lane and passed a couple of weary foes in the stretch drive. FIGHTER IN THE WIN broke in at the start, was content to sit back off the pacesetter outside on the first turn and throughout the back straight, moved in to force the pace outside at the three-furlong pole, was hard ridden but could not maintain forward position three wide between rallying runners at the quarter pole and yielded in the three path to others by mid-stretch. FRIENDLY GHOST stumbled on the break, recovered to sit in midfield between horses on the first turn, had little movement on the rail along the backside, took the short way around the turn unable to narrow the margin on the leaders, shifted to the two path at the top of the stretch but flattened out on the rail at the furlong marker. SCUDERIA travelled four wide between horses in the middle of the pack in the first bend, continued in midfield outside at the half, backed away under drive with runners on each side at the five sixteenths pole and came up empty three wide at the top of the stretch.