Claiming

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MY BOY BRUCE had one runner beaten sitting on the outside near the rear in the beginning, took closer order going three deep down the back straight at the half, crept closer under a hustling ride three wide on the far turn, shifted to the five path in the hunt fighting with a few inside rivals for the front end straightening out for the drive and determinedly edged away between horses in deep stretch for the gutsy win. MONDAY MORNING stalked in the third flight inside another who happened to be the eventual winner on the first turn, had to be throttled down on the rail at the half with the field bunching up, shifted out two wide midway around the last bend looking for a clear path, moved between horses in the four oath in the thick of things turning for home, battled on gamely inside to the wire but was outkicked by the winner outside in the final seventy yards. BALBONI'S CREW chased the frontrunner two wide between foes on the initial bend, lost forward position getting shuffled back at the half, co-trailed inside another midway through the final bend, shifted out from the two path in upper stretch to have a clear run on the duelling pair four wide with a furlong remaining and had a strong late surge in deep stretch but was on the wrong end of a three way finish outside at the wire for the win. LOUIS THE CHAMP travelled three wide tracking the lone speed leader around the first turn and as well as down the backstretch, was roused picking up the bit by the five sixteenths pole, seized control outside getting a head in front a quarter mile from home, had the three path maintaining a slim lead between challengers in upper stretch but faded inside of horses at the sixteenth pole to settle on the fringes. MAYNARD'S SONG had the rail position watching the frontrunner with a couple of rivals to her outside, kept pace needing running room on the rail through the far turn, skimmed the fence in with a shot for a piece of the prize inside a host of runners by mid-stretch but could not find more late and yielded inside to rivals in rage final sixteenth of a mile. MIAH SAID had her neck bowed controlling the pace on the rail unopposed for the first half of this two turn race, slowed the tempo down around the far turn, offered little resistance when collared outside by the quarter pole, surrendered the lead by the top of the stretch between runners and wilted in the final furlong having little left for the late going. PROFESSOR RELOAD was allowed to settle into stride galloping on the fence at the back of the pack in the early stages, narrowed the margins shifting outside at the half mile marker, travelled three to four wide onthe turn but was spinning her wheels making little progress outside of horses on the final bend, angled to the five path for the drive to the wire but could no factor in the stretch running outside.