Maiden Claiming

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WHYNOTANOTHERONE showed speed while coming in to bother a rival early, dueled from outside into the first turn, took a stalking position around the bend, took over dueling on the backstretch, inched ahead on the far turn, led clear into the stretch, drew off under right handed urging and remained clear to the wire. MY MAN JOE ROLDAN unhurried in the beginning, had to alter out sharply to avoid a fallen rider into the first turn, angled to the two path around the bend, advanced in the two path on the far turn, angled out in the lane and rallied for second. HOOSICK FALLS dueled from inside, took control around the first turn, lost the lead dueling with WHYNOTANOTHERONE on the backstretch, fought inside that rival through the far turn, could not kick on with the leader into the stretch, churned on through the lane and earned third. LOW TOX forwardly placed three wide early, bid outside the top pair leaving the backstretch, failed to keep up and gave chase past the three-eighths pole, continued in the three path to the stretch and weakened. DISILLUSIONED settled on the outside, got forced eight wide into the first turn, steered inward to the three path, chased four deep at the back into the far turn, came three wide into the stretch and improved position. CANO FOR THE WIN hustled from the gate, tracked three wide early, angled in on the backstretch, lost ground next to the fence on the far turn and faded in the lane. WAR ARTIST was fractious in the gate, dropped back and moved inside, shifted to the two path on the far turn and was never a factor. KING OF SUCCESS got put in tight and checked early, stalked along the rail then moved to the two path, angled four wide around the far turn and weakened. H Q WILSON tracked three deep then got forced wide into the first turn by the riderless horse, steered down to the inside around the turn, went three deep into the second bend, trailed five wide approaching the stretch and passed a tired rival. RAPID ASCENT tracked the leaders from the four path, stayed away from the rail in the middle stages, started to weaken still wide on the far turn, eased in the lane and walked off. TEXAS WILDCAT got put in tight early, clipped heels and eventually unseated the rider who tried to hold on without his irons, came out to bother rivals into the first turn, ran around the outer portion of the track, eventually caught by the outrider on the far turn and walked off. THERE WAS AN INQUIRY INVOLVING WHYNOTANOTHERONE AND TEXAS WILDCAT EARLY IN THE RACE. FOLLOWING A REVIEW, THE STEWARDS UNANIMOUSLY RULED TO DISQUALIFY WHYNOTANOTHERONE FROM FIRST AND PLACE HIM UNPLACED FOR CROSSING IN FRONT OF TEXAS WILDCAT WITHOUT SUFFICIENT CLEARANCE, CAUSING THAT RIVAL TO CLIP HEELS AND UNSEAT HIS RIDER.