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GREAT KING (FR) broke well, stalked the early pace battle four-wide, moved up through the turn to take command passing the five-sixteenths marker, went clear in upper stretch then held off a late charge from FORT LANGLEY in the final furlong to prevail. FORT LANGLEY raced in mid-pack towards the inside, swung out to the four path for the stretch run and found best stride late, chased the leader in deep stretch, but had to settle for second with a big gap to the next finisher. OUTOFQUEMADO was outpaced and raced her the back of the main pack in down the backstretch, launched a bid with three furlongs to run, kept to the inside and finished up to oufinished the rest of the field to grab the minor award well behind the top two. RONAMO was very slow into stride despite the efforts of the rider, dropped far back early, then rallied late to pass over half the field in the stretch to improve. MOUNT ASGARD was very wide throughout, trailed the main pack down the backretch, then came six-wide into the stretch and was mildly gaining. OUR BOLD PRINCE tracked mid-pack but out in the five or six path, advanced on the turn still very wide, then flattened out a bit in deep stretch. MISTER K was initially in the early pace mix, then backed off before the half and steadily retreated through the turn, then lacked a finish but passed a few tired rivals in the late stages. ROPER vied inside of the early pace battle, dropped out at the half, then had little to offer late. OUR BLOKE broke well and got involved in the early pace, went ahead of the rest to duel outside of ROPER going into the turn, was joined by GREAT KING (FR) on the turn as the former dropped out, was competitive to the top of the stretch, then weakened and faded. XTREME MAYHEM got shuffled back after the start, then rushed up the inside to join the early fray, was prominent to the top of the stretch, then tired. BIG DON'S SMILING dwelt at the start, spotted the rest of the field a huge head start and trailed far back throughout. THERE WAS A STEWARDS INQUIRY INTO THE START OF #7 BIG DON'S SMILING. AFTER A REVIEW IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE HORSE WAS GIVEN A FAIR START AND CAUSED ITS OWN PROBLEM. This race had a timing discrepancy or malfunction and was re-timed using video technology to arrive at the most accurate time.