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SPELLCHECK was well placed tracking outside down the back straight, continued outside two wide measuring the leader on the turn, was urged for more under a right-handed crop at the quarter pole, took closer order in the heat of the battle outside three wide in upper stretch for the top spot and under a vigorous ride in the final furlong got up in the shadow of the wire winning the bob at the finish line. MATHEMATICAL sat all alone well held on the fence keeping a close eye on the frontrunner, patiently waited for the cue to go rating kindly behind the leader on the bend, shifted out off the pacesetter looming a menacing presence between foes in upper stretch, fought on determinedly between horses arguing up top on the last eighth of a mile but was denied for the win at the wire by a head nod. REGAL AFFAIR was brushed by the outside rival on the start, settled into stride seeing the field midway down the backside, travelled three wide on the turn catching up to runners by the quarter pole, moved from the three path in upper stretch getting to the rail with a sixteenth to run and exploded on the fence in the late going but just came up shy getting to the winner at the finish line. VEGAS ROAD stumbled breaking out on the start, recovered while hard held assuming command loose up top by the five eighths pole, cruised along unopposed in hand around the turn, still was stubbornly holding on inside in mid-stretch, was asking for the wire with runners bearing down on both sides while in the two path with a sixteenth remaining but faded between runners in very deep stretch lasting at the wire for a minor placing. DEFINITE DIVA had one beaten along the backside, travelled four wide around foes foe making little impact through the turn, swung out widest in the six-path finding her best stride late outside of runners at the top of the lane and closed in late almost getting up for a minor share in the end. LORRAINE'S BEAUTY had a slow start trailing in the beginning, rushed up along the backside then was taken a hold of at the half sitting behind the front three runners, was scrubbed on for more run but could not keep up to the leaders on the turn at the five sixteenths pole, shifted to the four path for the drive but could only run on evenly making little impact in the final furlong. SCAT HUMOR settled on the outside of two others in midfield, offered a brief turn of foot three wide on the turn from the three eighths pole until the quarter marker, angled to the five path straightening out for home but stalled between runners in the final furlong. LET'S GO SOUPER stumbled to her nose losing her footing soon after leaving the gate, recouped to sit in midfield between runners at the half, retreated throughout the turn under little coaxing, well relegated to the rear on the rail at the top of the lane and was wrapped up inside of runners by the sixteenth pole.