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DECADENT DANISH broke outwards at the start, had a good spot drafting behind the frontrunner on the first turn, tracked inside down the backstretch, shifted out two wide coming with a rally midway on the last turn, dueled stubbornly between foes in the final furlong and was tenacious with runners on either side surging in deep stretch just getting up at the wire in a tight three way win picture. PRINCE ALMASTY had a slim lead on the rail into the first turn, rolled along loose up top down the backside, continued to freewheel well rated up top on the final bend, had more spurting away two wide at the top of the lane, kept fighting to the very end but just got nabbed right at the wire outside for the win. BIG SCREEN BOSS vied between foes in the beginning, took back watching the lead three rivals down the backside moving comfortably, began to inch up on the lead threesome at the quarter pole to be in the hunt straightening out for the drive and was coming on late, gaining on the front pair in deep stretch but did not have enough to get there in time at the finish line. CALL ME BOND stalked close to the back going three wide on the first bend, made no progression along the backside, could not get into gear going three wide on the final turn, shifted to the four path in with a chance for a piece of the prize turning for home, drifted inwards in the final furlong and got up late for a minor placing. AWESOME BEAT pressed the pace three wide early on, tracked the pacesetter outside down the backstretch, rallied, closing in on the far turn making a bid three wide at the quarter marker, loomed in the four path at the head of the lane but flattened out at the furlong marker. LONNY'S GAMBLE settled close to the back going two wide on the first of two turns, made no headway taking the shortest route around the last bend, skimmed the fence at the tip of the stretch, lacked running room in upper stretch, shifted out off rivals four wide at the furlong pole and had good late energy closing up a considerable amount of ground late. LITTLE THONIO was bumped by the inside foe on the break, settled on the rail in mid-division with an outside foe, came under a drive on the rail at the five sixteenth pole offering little response around the far turn, hugged the rail in upper stretch and failed to menace lacking a rally in the stretch drive. DEPUTY CURLIN stalked in tandem with an outside foe in the early stages, travelled in the two path keeping pace on the last bend, shifted to the three path turning for home, stayed on the wrong lead shortening stride at the furlong pole and could not get involved late. MASTERFUL MOMENT shared the rear on the inside, stalked close to the back down the backside, trailed the field at the three eighths pole and could not factor in the three-path driving to the finish line. THOR'S CAUSE co-trailed on the outside with another, sat alone seeing the field down the backstretch, shifted to the four path turning for home and came up empty in the stretch running.