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URBAN LEGEND was allowed to find his stride at the back of the pack in the beginning, started to pick up outside runners at the half under a snug hold, shifted out at the five sixteenth pole commencing a run, was in tight three wide going for a seam at the quarter marker, moved to the four path in the mix straightening out for the stretch run, closed in sharply on the tiring frontrunner but was drifting out considerably under left handed encouragement in deep stretch and got up in the shadow of the wire for the win. CARNEW had runners on either side sitting in mid-division at the nine sixteenths pole, travelled two wide between foes near the rear at the three furlong marker, had to be checked in tight getting pushed out losing momentum in the four path with a quarter mile remaining, was a joint last outside five wide at the head of the lane, stubbornly kept closing in on the wrong lead in mid-stretch, had to angle inwards with the eventual winner bearing out jumping over that ones heels going to the inside to the three path at the seventy yard marker and after all that still tenaciously kept on coming but came up just shy for the win at the finish line. GLASWEIGIAN was unhurried near the rear in the early going, could see the field outside foes at the half, co-trailed trailed outside two others going three wide into the turn, was pushed out five wide by the inside rivals at the quarter pole, swung out widest in the six path turning for home valiantly fighting on, angled inwards with the eventual winner drifting out at the seventy yard marker and closed in late nabbing the show award from the tiring early leader at the wire. PHILIP BANKS was fleet footed on the rail loose on the engine down the backside, rolled along setting a blistering pace unopposed on the turn increasing the advantage, had things well in control it appeared by the furlong marker then was driven on asking for the wire with runners quickly closing in by the sixteenth pole and ran out of gas wilting in deep stretch on the rail to only settle for a minor placing in the end. TIHO SRCE travelled three deep keeping the leader in range down the backside, kept pace three wide on the turn with the frontrunner, had the two path in the hunt chasing in upper stretch, veered in sharply going to the rail having to be checked trying to keep a straight path and faded in the late going never switching to the correct lead through the drive. FOXTROTANNA settled in midfield on the inside, improved on the rail by the seven sixteenths pole watching the lone speed pacesetter, was ridden on the fence at the quarter pole shaving the corner getting into contention, had to be steadied on the fence with an outside rival veering inwards sharply at the furlong pole and could not factor afterwards. ZIO CAVALLO was forwardly positioned tracking the loose leader between runners at the half, came under a vigorous ride chasing the leader in vain two wide in midturn, could not quicken being engulfed by runners at the quarter pole and emptied out at the top of the stretch. STEWARDS INQUIRY AND RIDERS CLAIM OF FOUL #5 CARNEW AGAINST #1 URBAN LEGEND AT THE QUARTER POLE AND AT THE SEVENTY YARD MARKER RESULTED IN NO CHANGE