Claiming

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CHAIRMAN BOB broke outwards trading bumps with the outside foe on the start, travelled three wide close the back on the first turn, had little movement along the backside, started to come with a run on the rail at the quarter pole, angled out gathering speed five wide at the top of the lane and was full of run switching leads and gears in the final furlong driving by outside at the sixteenth pole for the win. RAPID GREY broke out at the start, had the lead galloping along low headed on the first turn, continued the same down the back straightaway, was roused being let out a notch with the chasing rivals bearing down at the five sixteenths pole maintaining the front end, continued to hold off challengers on the fence turning for home but had no answer when the winner drove on by outside briskly at the sixteenth pole but still finished up well enough to be a clear second best at the wire. MASON'S GAMBLE had one runner beaten while going widest in the four path outside horses in the first turn, ran in tandem with an inside foe at the back of the pack at the half, started to make a rally two wide midway around the second bend, swung out widest gaining momentum in the six path taking the corner and found his best stride late closing in smartly in deep stretch outside to just get up from a couple of inside runners capturing third place. PRINCE OF THIEVES sat in midfield having the rail position, was isolated watching the lead three runners down the backside rating kindly, rallied when asked for more shifting out three wide on the final bend at the quarter pole to have a chance in the four path in upper stretch but could only run only mildly between horses in the last sixteenth losing the nod at the wire to a surging outside foe for the show award. SECRET STORM travelled two wide on the initial bend watching the leader, still sat outside another keeping a close eye on the frontrunner down the backside as well as around the far turn, had the two path in the conversation at the head of the lane but needed more in the late going and was on the wrong end of a three-way tight finish for the show placing. GRANDE SOIREE had the rail tracking the frontrunner for most of the race, sat poised waiting for running room behind the leader at the quarter pole, briefly shifted out to the two path looking for a lane in upper stretch, moved back again to the fence at the furlong pole having some clear run finally but failed to fire inside foes for the last eighth of a mile. CONN SMYTHE (GB) broke in getting the worst of the exchange of bumps with the eventual winner at the start, could see the field three wide on the first of two turns, shared the rear inside another down the backstretch, was relegated back to sole last unable to quicken with others at the five sixteenths pole, straightening out for the drive well back of the pack and showed little in the stretch running.