Maiden Claiming

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ALFRED BELLOWS was away alertly taking control from the onset, shook loose from runners in midturn moving well within himself, still was well in control on the fence in upper stretch, found more when called upon at the furlong pole and prevailed for the frontrunning score at the finish line. GOOD TO BE LUCKY broke inwards on the break, sat behind the pacesetter in the early stages, edged up on the rail at the midpoint of the turn, took closer order to be in the mix two wide at the top of the lane and finished up with good energy, gradually gaining on the winner late but besting the rest for the runners up share at the wire. SPIKEPHIL tracked the frontrunner on the outside, inched up to sit just off the flank by the half, was hard ridden chasing the leader making no gain around the bend, shifted to the three path in the conversation on the front end in upper stretch and ran on mildly between rivals holding for the show money. SOUPER VINNIE was isolated in the middle of the pack midway down the backside, waited for the cue to go at the five sixteenths pole behind the lead group, quickly moved in when asked to go three wide between horses at the quarter marker to be in the hunt in the four path turning for home but could only finish up one paced in the final furlong to be a fringe player in the end. SWITCHIN' TO GLIDE travelled three deep in midfield in the beginning, improved outside foes down the backside to watch the engaged pair at the half, narrowed the margin four wide at the quarter pole, then gave way being part of the front pack five wide in upper stretch and faded in the with a furlong remaining. LIVININTHEFASTLANE tossed his head on the break, stalked near the rear on the fence down the backstretch, could not advance on runners having the rail around the bend and could not factor in the late running still on the fence. SUNSET SKIPPY was unhurried trailing down the back straight, put in a mild and brief spurt splitting runners in the two path with a quarter mile still remaining but could not get involved in the stretch running. COMMON CANTER was brushed on the outside on the start, stalked close to the back outside another in the early going, dropped back abruptly at the three-furlong pole seeing the field around the turn but did manage to pass a rival in the stretch drive. STRAWBERRY RESERVE settled between horses watching the front duo midway down the backside, retreated steadily three wide outside foes throughout the turn, stooped in upper stretch and cantered in.