Maiden Claiming

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DIANNA'S LADY broke inward and made contact with the back end of PLAY BALL SUSIE at the break, then steadily advanced to get up with the leaders late on the backstretch run, was put into a drive near the three-furlong pole and continued the forward move, had some trouble changing leads in the stretch but got straighened out in deep stretch, surged late and got up in the final jump. DOLLAR DANCE was hustled from the start and gained forward position early, pressed the pace three wide into the turn, then made a bid for the lead passing the five-sixteenths marker, battled gamely through the stretch with JUSTWORTHASHOT to the outside and RIVERS RUN RED to the inside, vanquished both of those foes late but was run down at the line by the winner. RIVERS RUN RED was sent hard from the break, pressed the pace along the rail down the backstretch, slipped through a big opening along the inside into the stretch, loomed a threat but failed to change leads through the whole of the stretch run, and was outfinished by the top pair. JUSTWORTHASHOT broke inward at the start but went quickly clear to the front, was pressed by DOLLAR DANCE through the turn, but maintained a narrow advantage, dug in gamely through the stretch, but weakened late. PLAY BALL SUSIE chased alone between the leading pack and the trailers, then went evenly late and was unable to pose a threat. IN TOO DEEP broke through the gate before the start, briefly showed good speed from the start, but dropped back near the half and chased the rest of the way. MANDAVILLA was slow into stride despite coaxing from the rider, was kept under a ride well behind the main pack, did not respond when put to the crop late on the turn, and was unable to improve in the late stages. DESTINY'S TOT lumbered away from the gate and was quickly far behind, found best stride in the late stages, but was unable to catch up to the rest in the stretch.