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ARMORED GUARD broke inwards exchanging contact with another at the start, was reined back off the engaged quartet getting to the rail at the five eighths pole, tugged at the rider taking closer order watching the lead duo at the half, sat very poised drafting behind the frontrunner waiting for the cue around the turn, darted up the rail getting a clear lane in upper stretch, shot to the lead with a quick burst of speed when asked right handed by the rider at the furlong pole and won by a good margin when crossing the finish line. CLOSING APPEAL travelled three deep in the early mix in the beginning, was in the second flight with the eventual winner inside tracking the lead pair at the half, continued to watch the contesting pair while outside going two wide through the turn, moved out to the five path in with a chance in upper stretch and kept on coming through the lane but was unable to get to the overpowering winner in the final sixteenth while easily besting the rest for the lace share. EDEY broke cleanly but then stumbled a couple jumps out of the gate settling three deep near the rear midway down the backside, had a strong turn of foot swooping around horses three to four wide on the turn, swung out widest in the six path looming boldly at the head of the lane but idled outside in the final furlong still picking up a tiring inside foe late capturing the show award at the wire. ADORABLE ANGEL broke outwards trading bumps at the start, recouped to press the issue between runners entering the backstretch, dueled outside through the turn, angled to the four path between rivals in the thick of things turning for home but could not finish up late and faded in the last sixteenth of a mile settling on the fringes in the end. MOMANDA was on the outside sitting in mid-division down the backstretch, travelled two wide driven on in midturn unable to make any headway on the leaders around the bend, shifted to the five path at the top of the stretch, angled inwards driving down the lane and showed some late interest closing on the rail in the final furlong. ASTONESTHROWAWAY had a head in front while on the fence down the backside, continued to maintain a slim advantage on the rail through the bend, drifted out to the three path holding on up top turning for the stretch drive had no answer by the furlong pole when the winner stormed on through inside and wilted between foes in the final sixteenth of a mile. SCAT HUMOR had the rail trailing the field midway along the back straight, lagged behind the group going two wide around the bend and could only manage to pass a weary inside runner in the late going. MALIBU BETTY had runners on either side close to the back end in the early running, saved ground making no progression around the oval, skimmed the fence taking the corner but came up empty folding on the rail in mid-stretch.