Claiming

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PAINT THE TOWN was under some coaxing from the break, chased the dueling leaders to the turn, then bid three-wide into the stretch and finished well under left-handed urging to be along in time despite racing on the left lead. MAILS HERE broke out and made light contact with the outside foe, was otherwise away well and was steered to the front to duel with LEROYISALAGNIAPPE early, then went to a clear lead leaving the seven-sixteenths marker, tried to fend off a challenge from PAINT THE TOWN in upper stretch, then weakened in the late stages and had to settle for the place. MAN'S CHOICE raced well off the pace through the early stages, made a four-wide rally into the stretch, was gradually closing the gap in the late stages, but ran out of time. LEROYISALAGNIAPPE hustled to the front, dueled to the inside of MAILS HERE to the turn, then came under pressure to keep up, made a mild re-bid up the inside in but was not good enough. JIM'S RIVER RUNNER brushed lightly with the inside rival at the start, was outrun and far behind early, then stayed on late and managed to pass one tired rival in the stretch. SILENT DRILL broke alertly, then dropped back to last initially, moved up to mid-pack late on the backstretch run while racing in the four-path, was under a ride from the three-furlong pole, still wide, but did not respond with a rally, and flatered in the stretch.