Maiden Special Weight

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CUPID COWBOY followed in range four then three deep early, rounded the bend three then four wide, rallied steadily from outside and got up in the final strides. LITTLE KING tracked between rivals then got crowded a bit past the nine-sixteenths pole, angled to the inside, gained ground through the turn, tipped out and challenged from outside in upper stretch, cleared with a sixteenth remaining, came under threat from CUPID COWBOY late and got passed in the closing moments. ANGEL'S EMBER raced keenly in hand briefly chasing the leader then went up to challenge from inside, took over past the half-mile pole, dueled around the turn, put SCAM ALERT at the top of the lane but was quickly confronted by LITTLE KING, yielded to that rival midstretch and flattened to third. EMPIRE OF ASH broke a step slow, had to take up between rivals shortly after, lagged behind to the quarter pole, rallied up the fence in the lane, then came out a bit late and earned a minor award. IS THAT YOU WING chased along the inside into the turn, shifted to the two path around the bend and flattened out in the furlong grounds. REPO pressed the leaders from outside, failed to keep up and chased three wide through the turn, then flattened out in the final furlong. SCAM ALERT stalked two wide or between rivals, went two to three wide into the lane, angled out and failed to rally. GOODTIMESNTANLINES stalked six then four deep up the backstretch, took the turn four then five wide and weakened in the lane. OLYMPIAN THIRST settled outside rivals then alongside a runner leaving the backstretch, took the turn two wide and failed to menace. VERN GOSDIN sprinted to the front then was confronted ANGEL'S EMBER, fought with that rival up the backstretch and around the turn, could not match strides in upper stretch and gave way.