FIRST RACE – About 60 degrees, and starting with a stretch tailwind … ADAGIO DE LA TOUR was able to cross over to the top 3/16, rated the half with an aiding wind, then was fully in control the last half. CAMPBELLINI yielded for the pocket, left well behind in the red dust but held second. SPLITSVILLE was forwardly-placed, gapped ¾, evenly. PUERTO RICO was third-over off turn two, three-wide mid-far turn, finished OK. MOOSE MADNESS went raw into the second bend, but never got even with the pocket horse. ONE DIRECTION had cover but didn’t do much off of it. MANWITHAMISSION was blocked on the far turn but then had no response. MEETMEINTHEMIDDLE drifted out but then took back to tuck at the ¼, not heard from afterward.
SECOND RACE – THE LADY SHERIFF was away well three-wide to the lead at the 1/8, hung a foe a ways, then let that one go only to immediately retake, stole clear to a big lead before the ¾ in a fast tempo, all-out late to withstand TRUSSED UP TRUDY. The latter moved second-over, tipped out three-wide midturn, ate up the late ground and almost made it. AFTER THE LOVIN was gapping in last until the far turn, widest in the lane and moving fastest of all. JUSLIKEAQUEEN went first-over on the second turn, didn’t reach the winner but went on evenly. MORE MORE MORE was first on top, yielded, stayed in, blocked on the turn, but not that much once clear to the inside. SWEET YOUNG THING was looped at the 1/8, pressed on to almost the 3/8 at a speedy rate to get the lead, yielded for the pocket, started backing up 11/16. HURRICANE CALLEIGH was third-over but never entered into it. THE BAND K gapped down the backstretch.
THIRD RACE – CHING CHING LUCKY came out raw from third 5/8, trotted right on by late on the turn, safely. FLAME AWAY was second-over just past the 5/8, gapped ¾, found better strides after the issue had been decided. CHOCOLATE MATTERS sat in the pocket, shuffled when the pacesetter tired then backed out to headstretch, got rough midstretch but righted and a clear third. KATJUSHA HANOVER didn’t offer much throughout. CANTABSLEADINGLADY went on an extended run before the 3/8. ISOBEL went right to the top, set the pace, had been corralled late turn before making a break headstretch. MULLIGAN’S MISS couldn’t keep up.
FOURTH RACE – NVESTMENT BLUE CHIP was looped and between horses to the ¼, pressed on to 3/8 command, kept to hustling tactics to preserve the victory. WARRAWEE VELOCE had the gate push to loop the field, kept the winner out to near the 3/8 before yielding for the two-hole, Pocono Pike, good. CAPTAIN MCKEE was badly trapped before the 5/8 to past the ¾, swung out three-wide and was full of pace late. STORMONT CZAR A stayed in, outside a path in the stretch, good between horses late. HEARTBEAT HILL kept the pocket filled early, in, evenly late. ABSOLUTE INTENT swung three-wide from last 5/8 and got to first-over before ¾, couldn’t sustain in the lane. CENTURY ENFORCER was three-wide to the ¼, covered to the 3/8 then left out in the air raw, faded late backstretch. BETTER WATCH OUT was urged from the rail early but still got away seventh, gapped badly, then did better following wide cover until he lost it, back to two-wide on the turn but done at that point.
FIFTH RACE – SAMEDAME LIFE AS pulled uncovered 9/16 and grinded up, was able to outfoot ORIGINAL SMOKEY in the sprint home. The latter made the pocket at the 1/8, to the Pocono Pike, trotted home very well. STORM BRINGER was wide leaving to 1/8 command, got a 1:00.2 middle half, but then could not sprint enough late. KEEPER OF SECRETS did not factor. CHECK MY SCORE moved out down the back but never did reach cover, not too much late. TUFF TO BE LINDY gapped at the ¾ and broke nearing headstretch. DANZON HANOVER made a break past the start and a break past the half.
SIXTH RACE – Wind has calmed … KAUAI KING tucked third going to turn one, moved uncovered off turn two, grinded, took the lead early stretch, may’ve been tiring a bit late but withstood THE BIG PICTURE. The latter was four-wide early and three-wide to the 1/8, tucked fourth 3/16, then moved with the winner’s cover, did not tip off of it until early stretch, narrowing in well late. SICILY BEACH started uncovered into turn two and found himself third-over coming out of that turn, gapped at the 5/8, blindswitched, ducked between horses into the lane and finished well. IMAGINARY LINE was fourth-over, four-wide headstretch, very nicely late. BIGBABAJIM stayed in, shuffled late turn, blocked much of the stretch, had some pace on the end. CAVIART SAGE cut the pace with a moderate second quarter, couldn’t keep it rolling to the wire. LOST IDEAL sat in, appeared to have some traffic trouble upper stretch. JAM THAT GUITAR sat in the two-hole, started gapping 5/8.
SEVENTH RACE – MYSTICAL WYNN tucked in fourth at the 1/8, started uncovered 9/16 and grinded away, could not be resisted in here. FOREVERHILLREIGN left to defend the pocket, had room in the Pocono Pike, second-best. CHRISTOPHER CRAZO showed good early foot to get command, rated the half, passed on both sides late. FRAC stayed in, had some belated late trot. SKYWAY TINACIOUS moved at the half and soon flushed cover, but then couldn’t stay with it. THE OTHER FOUR had little to offer here (TROTTING Z TAM was off the gate).
EIGHTH RACE – PEAKS CRUISER rode in the pocket, came out early stretch, hit a better gear midstretch and gradually worked past IDEAL HANNAH. The latter had things her own way on the front end, just missed. SANGRIA JULIE went evenly. BETTER BID HANOVER moved outside far turn and wide headstretch, so-so. SANDRADIMPLES never was in the hunt. SHAKE N GO left, a little wider than she had to be at a couple of points, had to travel the long road, held together until just past the ¾. LADYSINGSTHEBLUES had nothing to offer in the last quarter.
NINTH RACE – GRAPPLE HANOVER moved from the pocket 3/16 to the early lead and set the pace, came under attack from NEXTROUNDSONME late in the backstretch, kept ahead of that rival, but went over to the pace very late and made a full gallop just past the wire; after a review, GRAPPLE HANOVER was placed fifth in the official purse distribution of the race. NEXTROUNDSONME was looped and went inside 3/16, came out again 5/8, trotted strongly to the line. FINAL DREAM was out to command nearing turn one, yielded for the two-hole, Pocono Pike, a step shy. BRUTAL STORM could offer little. SPOILER ALERT moved out from far back but never got close. DIVINE SPIRIT made a break before the ¼. MASSIVE OPULENCE gapped in the backstretch, moved outside but broke headstretch.
TENTH RACE – ALWAYS B DANCING remained outside with cover early, in gear to the 3/16 to the lead off the first turn, got a breather in quarter three then sprinted home in 27.2. ROLL ON MAMA left well, yielded to the chalk for the pocket, got a bit loose on the turn, second-best. IN HIGH COTTON tucked 3/16, gapped on the turn, fair third. ALWAYSABEACHDAY was second-over, three-wide midturn but couldn’t make up ground in the sprint home. BEACH CRAZY was third-over, widest and got the last check. EMORI HANOVER could do little after an inside trip; same with NUTTINBUTTHEBEST, who was a little bit off the gate. MILEY ROSE went uncovered 9/16, made a mild bid then backed up. HOT TO CHANNEL was off the gate, offered very little.
ELEVENTH RACE – SO IRRESISTIBLE was three-wide to the first turn and took over off that bend, pushed a foe to just past the half before yielding, outside to headstretch and won easily. AP BLAZE OF GLORY came out behind the winner into the lane and edged out RABLE for second. The latter gapped slightly much of the way, to the Pocono Pike and did well late. THE DOUBLE DEUCE got a forward spot early, came 5/16 but needed to work until just past the half to clear to the lead, couldn’t make the advantage hold up. SHES SO SWEET was very wide early then with cover, spotted midpack at the ¼, then second-over, three-wide late turn, not a major danger. SHEZAFREAKLIKEME went out quickly to the lead, yielded off the first turn, popped back out raw 5/8, tired in the last quarter. SOUTHWIND XENA was leaving a huge hole by the ¼ and was pulled up; GRIP N WIN and CATIE FAYE HANOVER were behind her early and after circling her could not get back into the race.
TWELFTH RACE – MILIEU HANOVER left and ceded the lead past the 1/8, content to sit third until the ¾ then went up to pacesetting ATOMIC FIREBALL, worked past that one very late. The latter had cover early, left uncovered past the 1/8 and went up to set the pace from just past the ¼, rated the half, held tough late. BACI BACI stayed in and stayed connected, Pocono Pike, distant third over SO DIVA. The latter was second-over, lost cover past the 5/8, did her best to the wire. WELLTHERACEISON went to the front past the 1/8 and yielded an 1/8 later for the pocket, tired in the last ¼. MAJOR HOULIHAN went uncovered, couldn’t reach and retucked, broke. THE OTHERS never made their presence felt.
THIRTEENTH RACE – INCASEYOUDIDNTKNOW went to early command, saw two go by, followed a retaker 5/8 and challenged that one from the 11/16, put her away in the stretch and was much the best. INDRA HANOVER tucked 3/16, went out to second-over, came on to edge CARRINGTON for second. The latter was out off the first turn, uncovered past the 5/16, made the lead into turn two, yielded to a retake and sat the pocket, had to pause to wait for the Pocono Pike headstretch, possibly costing her second. ITZPAPALOTL took back early to tuck, evenly. JANE DIAMOND took until just past the 5/16 to get to the front, yielded at the end of the frontstretch, made a quick move off turn two to reclaim the front, absorbed pressure from the winner, then wilted. AHSOKA TANO gapped badly in the back then suffered far turn interference. ARIANNA GRANDEO wasn’t keeping up when making a break and causing a chain-reaction broadsiding; disqualified. C U PRINCESS saw the breaker go sidewards into her near midturn; AERIAL VIEW was outside of them and in turn suffered an “ax.”
FOURTEENTH RACE – LEAR SEELSTER was two-wide and looped leaving, in gear 3/16 to the lead going to the 3/8, rebuffed a charge from the first-over, then really was not threatened by the closing MR CENSI. The latter left four-wide around everybody, yielded 3/8 for the two-hole, gapped a little the third quarter and around the turn, finished well. DRAGON STRIKES was away in good order, held OK for a clear third. DIVISION BELL stayed in, couldn’t offer much late. REVELRY was last, widest in the lane and was moving well at the wire. SCRAPPIN GOLD wound up third-over, three-wide late on the turn, had too far to come. MY DELIGHT came with a rush first-over soon into the backstretch, but had been rebuffed into the far turn. CLOUSEAU HANOVER gapped second-over.