Optional Claiming

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VELOCITA was unhurried finding his stride moving to the rail seeing the field at the half mile marker, cruised up the fence reaching for more ground passing outside foes in midturn with the rider still in the saddle, skimmed the fence looming a menace presence at the top of the stretch and powered past sharply inside driven up the rail to the lead by the sixteenth pole and won going away when crossing the finish line. DADDY'S SECRET was situated three deep in midfield, came under a busy ride being vigorously scrubbed on three wide at the three eighths pole making little gain on the frontrunner, angled to the four path in with a chance for a share turning for home and found another gear in the last sixteenth of a mile surging outside two others at the wire getting just up in time to best the rest for the runners up position. ONE SHOT SCOTT was quickest out of the gate loose up top down the backside, continued to be unopposed freewheeling around the turn in hand while slowing the tempo down slightly, had the two path still quite in control at the head of the lane, relinquished the lead unable to fend off the hard charging winner inside by the sixteenth pole and faded in very deep stretch getting picked up right at the wire outside for the place share. EDEY improved on the fence down the backstretch watching the top two runners with a half mile still to run, was coaxed for more at the five sixteenths pole when the leader started to pull away further, closed the gap three wide in the hunt outside two others in upper stretch, kept trying between runners to the very end but was on the losing end of a blanket three way finish for the second money. EPISODE was hard held pulling at the rider between foes in the three path in the early stages having only the eventual winner beaten, took the overland route going three to four wide around foes through the turn going in the wrong direction to be last at the quarter pole, swung out widest to the six path in upper stretch and could only manage to pass a couple of weary runners down the lane. LET'S GO SOUPER settled in the two path between horses in mid-pack, made little impression travelling two wide around the turn with runners on either side, hugged the rail straightening out for the drive but came up empty in the stretch running. SURFSIDE BEACH hounded the pacesetter outside down the back straightaway, gave futile chase two wide midway around the bend, had little left to give being quickly passed on both sides by rivals at the quarter pole and folded in the three path in upper stretch.