Maiden Claiming

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FARMER TOM raced up close on the inside, applied pressure to the leader from the rail at the halfway mark, took over on the far turn and cleared past the five-sixteenths marker, showed the way into the final furlong, felt pressure from the runner-up with a sixteenth remaining and turned that foe away. HALNINETHOUSAND sat off the pace on the inside, advanced from the fence through the far turn, angled out in upper stretch, challenged from outside into the final sixteenth but got turned away by the winner. ITS THE BANDIT fought inside several rivals around the first turn, moved off the rail on the backstretch, led between rivals past the half-mile pole, dueled into the far turn, yielded to the winner past the five-sixteenths pole and held third. MAJOR MO traveled four then three wide on the clubhouse turn, rounded the far turn two wide then along the rail, picked up a minor award in the lane but failed to threaten the top trio. TIGER TO YOU forwardly placed behind the speed battled outside a rival on the first turn, chased three to four wide on the second bend and flattened out in the late stages. FIRE CHIEF tucked inside at the back, passed rivals on the far turn but failed to menace. DAZZLE COMM vied three deep to the backstretch, failed to keep up and gave chase in the middle stages, dropped back on the far turn and tired. STAGE RUN vied four deep early, lost contact with the leaders on the backstretch, chased four wide into the far turn, dropped back around that bend and had little left for the drive. WASTING ACES vied between rivals then outside on the backstretch, chased inner pair approaching the far turn, lost ground through the second bend and came up empty in the lane. ZENJIN vied five deep to the backstretch, dropped back in the middle stages, tired on the far turn, eased in the lane and walked off.