Maiden Claiming

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CHERVONARUTA had a nice set-up nestled on the rail watching the lead duo, moved in sharply between rivals in hand two wide at the five sixteenths pole having dead aim on the leader, glided past taking control three wide at the top of the stretch and won going away impressively under very mild urging. FULLY COMPLETELY was close to the tail end outside going three wide, made little progress in the two path along the back straightaway, kept pace three wide on the last bend, swung out widest in the six path taking the final corner and was in full flight finding her best stride late surging home outside rivals in the final furlong to best the rest for the secondary share. STRAWBERRY WORLD was hustled outside but had trouble negotiating the first of two turns going five wide arguing for the lead, flanked the pacesetter outside down the backstretch, took over control by the three furlong marker, opened up briefly at the quarter pole, was no match offering little resistance to the outside winner by the time there were at the furlong marker and just got picked up by a late closing outside foe for the runners up share at the wire. C AND J ON HOLIDAY had a slim lead on the rail early on, kept a neck in front while hounded outside down the backstretch, was hard ridden unable to hold the front end inside by the three eighths pole, regressed slightly on the fence around the final bend, had the three path well back of the lead pair in mid-stretch but showed grit fighting back between horses holding for a minor placing at the wire. DANISH COOKIE broke in leaving the gate, had the inside position while sitting in midfield, patiently waited for running room behind horses at the quarter marker, scraped paint improving at the head of the stretch but failed to fire inside foes in the final eighth of a mile. RIDEAU FALLS was sandwiched between horses on the break, settled outside another in mid-pack in the early stages, offered a mild run three wide closing around foes at the quarter pole, dueled for the show award with an eighth remaining but faded in the late going. CHOCOLATECROISSANT (IRE) broke outwards on the start, had the two path in the early fray up top in the beginning, settled outside the eventual winner in the second flight down the backside, was under a drive three wide in the turn but could not quicken with the lead pair at the quarter pole, shifted to the four path turning for home but folded in the final furlong. SEATTLE SORCERESS was keen early on having to be wrangled back two wide close to the back on the initial bend, shifted outside midway down the backstretch making no gains, was roused but could not keep up to rivals running around the final turn and was not factor in the stretch drive. A TOUCH OF SASSY was off a step slow on the break trailing on the fence around the first of two turns, lagged behind along the back straight, was well back in the final bend and had little to offer in the drive to the wire.