Claiming

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TOUGH TROOPER broke well, vied three-wide initially, then easily took command passing the three-furlong pole, opened up turning for home, and drew off under steady handling and intermittent urging, drifting out a bit in the final furlong. RUN PISTOL MAGIC steadied early, then took up a few strides later when BIG KITTY took the path, chased the main pack through the turn, bid four-wide into the stretch, and outfinished the rest to gain the place. BIG KITTY stumbled, then broke awkwardly to the outside, causing some trouble for RUN PISTOL MAGIC, steadied, then was put in tight quarters by TOUGH TROOPER, checked away from that one to impede RUN PISTOL MAGIC once again, tracked three-wide down the backstretch, advanced steadily through the turn, was not getting to the winner, but kept to task late to win the battle for the minor award. DOUBLE RAP was hustled from the start, put a head in front early, then dueled with TOUGH TROOPER going into the turn, could not go on with that one in the stretch, then weakened in the final furlong. SOCIAL SOONER put RUN PISTOL MAGIC in a tight spot in the early stages, then was the distant trailer to the turn, then tried to rally five-wide into the stretch, but was unable to make an impact. TIGERSAURUS REX was restless in the gate, but broke well and was forwardly placed on the inside to the turn, came under a ride before the three-furlong pole, and did not have much of a response in the late stages. BOBCAT BITE settled between horses in the tracking group, came under a stiff ride leaving the three-furlong pole, but had little to offer in the stretch run.