FIRST RACE – A warm day … WEATHER VANES went second-over, burst three-wide 5/8 and circled up to challenge, went by at the ¾ and opened up a big margin. SAINT TRIXIE yielded for the pocket, was stuck inside and had to wait for the Pocono Pike as the winner got away, rallied for second. LIKE A WARRIOR was looped and got in third at the ¼, also shuffled back, also gained inside belatedly. LONESTAR FASHION avoided the clogged outer tiers. KALEUN was behind cover and stayed there until headstretch, not much response late. QUITE FAST went out to command, rated the half, had little response against the winner in the last ¼. BAR COINS went first-over, was looped late in the backstretch, no gain late. LOUS LANCELOT went three-wide early and was trying to clear to the lead but broke at the 1/8.
SECOND RACE – PANTHEON HANOVER moved uncovered off the second turn, worked up to the leader and went by that one on the far turn, withstood ARTACHE HANOVER. The latter was right on the leader’s back all the way around, lost a little ground straightening away, then came back on. BLAKEMORE was buried in last, advanced in blindswitches, then found room inside the place horse midstretch and closed with pace. RUNHAPPY TEN left and yielded, sat in, out in a blindswitch far turn to avoid a shuffle, three-wide, decent. TODDLER TANTRUM was three-wide early, got the lead then soon yielded it in a fast quarter, stuck behind a tired pacesetter on the turn but didn’t show much once free. WHAT’S GOIN ON gapped third-over. EFFRONTE A was four-wide headed to the first turn, three- then two-wide in getting the lead past the 1/8 in the sharp opener, set the pace, had little to offer when the winner came calling.
THIRD RACE – ULURU headed right to the top, got no challenges until very late, then held together to withstand RAVIOLI. The latter spotted third and stayed there into the stretch, then outside, quickly found a better gear, narrowed in but ran out of racetrack. KT DOUBLE DEUCE was wide early, made the pocket at the 1/8, tired some but still clearly third. BARCELONA PRINCESS moved outside 11/16 but gained little, ducked back inside. QUEEN OF THORNTON was outside 5/8 then soon got cover, couldn’t stay with it on the turn, but stayed flat and got a check. NINA HANOVER raced inside, broke far turn. DIVINE ZETTE jumped headed to the first curve; TSM LOYAL T jumped a bit before that.
FOURTH RACE – MASSIVE OPULENCE got an early spot, moved raw 5/8 to go to the lead ¾, drew away. SWIZZLE HANOVER yielded for the pocket, caught in on the far turn, to the Pocono Pike and came on steadily. STEEL SCHOONER had to circle a breaker first turn, moved with cover but gapped, left uncovered far turn, one-geared the rest of the way as OK. BY A HOFF HANOVER went right out to command, couldn’t answer the challenge of the first-up, fell back some. SORTIE was outleft and three-wide early, made a break, caught the back of the field, was behind gapping cover, decent recovery. PRAIRIE VIRTUE avoided a first turn breaker but then faded in the last ¼. TUXEDO ATTIRE was away slowly, ran mid-first turn and was taken to the centerfield.
FIFTH RACE – Mild stretch headwind starting; would fluctuate in and out … BUDDY EARL was third-over, three-wide late backstretch and circled up, drew away from these foes. DONATELLO HANOVER won an early multi-horse skirmish, got a soft middle half, clearly second. JOLLY RANCHER was uncovered on turn two but got cover coming off that bend, blindswitched late backstretch then backed out behind the sweeper, a distant next in line. FOX HOLE maintained the pocket in the early dustup, nothing left for the stretch. ACTION SHOT was five-wide early and three-wide to the 1/8, worked into the 3-hole past the quarter, enough for the final payday. TSM PRINCE TRISTAN stayed in and went to the Pocono Pike but could not gain. YO CARTER was gapping by the half. DECHAMBO was caught in, angling wide near headstretch in close quarters when making a break.
SIXTH RACE – SHARKY BEAR was away third, moving 3/16 to the lead just past the 5/16, opened a clear lead early backstretch while continuing on in quick numbers, unchallenged here. LORD OF MISRULE made the lead into turn one, yielded, third-in, had a clear inside as the pocketsitter bore way wide and had late pace. MIDNIGHT DAY also sat in, also finished with some late foot with a clear path. RIOT was three-deep to turn one and on top 3/16, yielded to the winner for the two-hole, moved out headstretch but drifted very wide through the lane. PERKINS was uncovered into turn two, gained down the backstretch then saw his gaining halt far turn. CAPTAIN MALICIOUS had gaining cover, didn’t do much off of it. THE LAST TWO were never factors.
SEVENTH RACE – TOMMY BOY HANOVER left, took back for the pocket nearing a quick quarter, sat in then moved out, briefly with cover then raw 11/16 as the lead changed hands, challenged the new leader and just got by late. DEVITO HANOVER was out raw at the half and went a big third panel to clear to the lead 11/16, under attack much of the rest of the way, held very gamely. LEAST WEASEL took a tuck at the 1/8, gapped a bit down the back, then got in gear near the ¾ and moved out although not getting close to cover on the turn, continued to narrow in. CS EXPLOSIVE CHIP went around a struggler and retucked, errorless and next. UNCLE NINO insisted on the early lead, backed the second stanza way off, still could not resist the brusher to the ¾, tired. FAWN DE SIGN lost contact the last half. F SCOTT’S MUSE moved out second-over but couldn’t go with cover, then broke nearing late backstretch.
EIGHTH RACE – MACMORRIS HANOVER was three-wide early, worked to command 3/16, got a breather in quarter two while keeping an outgunned rival parked, went clear 5/8 and extended the margin. PADRE stayed in, gapped down the back as the leader went a solid third split, outside on the turn and along for second; JACKED followed the place horse , wide headstretch and up for third. MISTER BOINGA left well, sat the pocket behind the early contest, began to unplug 5/8. THE NEXT TWO were always far back. EXCHEQUER was out behind the parked horse at the half, went three-wide 5/8 to get to two-wide uncovered but couldn’t gain. TUIS SHADOW had cover early then made a bid for the lead, but lacked the needed speed, fading from before the 5/8.
NINTH RACE – ONE HUNDRED POOF slotted fifth, out third-over, gapped past the 5/8 but then in gear ¾, three-wide headstretch and drew away in a good time for this class. WENTWORTH HANOVER spotted early, came uncovered at the ½ and fought with the leader head-to-head from the 5/8, may have had the lead for a step or two early stretch, outtrotted but game to be second. KOBE B was up tight second-over, ducked in midturn and went to the Pocono Pike, steadily. ENZO AQUELLO was not away swiftly, gapped, then moved outside midturn and was doing better late. OPTRIX gapped early, stayed in, some at the very end. DINKY WINKY moved outside but never entered the picture. YOUCOMEHEREOFTEN went right up to the lead and set a fast pace with pressure from the 5/8, nothing left in the lane. KNIGHTS GUARD, wide early, went into the two-hole past the 1/8, started to fade from the pocket 5/8.
TENTH RACE – EMIRA MIL IT was away in the pocket, then sat third to headstretch when moving out, didn’t look like she was going to make it early stretch but had a giant last 1/16 to be just along – one to keep an eye on. TACTICAL MOUNDS moved from third at the ¼ and went her own middle half in 55.2 stringing out the field, went a giant mile but was just caught. KADDARI took command into turn one, yielded to the brusher, a bit loose down the back then a bit closer, clearly third-best. RUFFLES N LACE was next. KINGPIN HANOVER left a big gap in fourth the last half. SILENT NIGHT left but backed off and got in fifth at the ¼, outside again but couldn’t make up ground. INSIDE EXPRESS never featured. LOWRY lost contact the last half.
ELEVENTH RACE – SELENA DEO avoided trouble, came uncovered past the 5/8 and grinded up, easily stepped by MIRASOL S late. The latter was outside until making the top 3/8, moved right along, couldn’t stall the winner. WAL STREET LADY took command past the 1/8, pushed a foe to near the 3/8 and yielded, to the Pocono Pike, not enough. TSM EMILIA T stayed connected but did not gain late. DIGNITY HANOVER and GADOT HANOVER were the two behind a first turn breaker, off the main group the second half. SANTA MONICA AS broke past the start, was far back at the ¼ when bothered by the other breaker, I CANT REFUSE, who jumped tucking past the 1/8.
TWELFTH RACE – BRECKENRIDGE was part of a bunch contesting the early lead, yielded at the ¼ and sat the pocket behind a duel, to the Pocono Pike and had the most trot late. NICE STUFF stayed inside, got to the deep Pike and just edged KINDA LUCKY LINDY for second. The latter was wide in the early scramble, then two-wide to ¼ command, kept a rival outside during a hot pace, almost held onto second. BULLY BOY HILL was very wide early, dropped down to follow cover at the 1/8, lost it at the ¼, moved up past the half to really go at it with the pacesetter, held on very bravely. STAR TRACK HANOVER left and yielded, backed out far turn, couldn’t summon enough. DAGON HANOVER was widest in the lane, had a little at the end. KASEVILLE was never prominent.
THIRTEENTH RACE – GLOBALDOMINATION N got away in the pocket then quarter-moved, shook off a challenger on the turn, looked safe against the late move of IT’SGOODTOBETHEKING. The latter moved to the lead past the 1/8, yielded for the pocket, came up in the Pocono Pike, good but not enough. BLACKLIST made a solid gain along the inside down the back, couldn’t go with the top two late but a clear third. GOTAFOOLISHDESIRE backed outside towards the far turn, so-so. STELLAR BLUE CHIP came up uncovered 5/8, challenged hard on the turn but couldn’t sustain his move. APPLE VALLEY ART fell behind the cover of MISTER DAYTONA N early, tried to go around that parked-the-mile horse but couldn’t. FRED’S NIGHT was last at every call.
FOURTEENTH RACE – FAMOUS DAN pressed on to take over 5/16, rated the half, held off late contenders. KEYSTONE SERGEANT came uncovered at the half and gained a lot of ground in the third quarter, kept up his challenge to the line in a good mile. MATTER OF TRUST went out to the early lead, kept the winner out past the ¼, well-placed throughout, didn’t have the punch late. MANWILLING had early speed, moved outside 3/4, finished steadily. PHANTOM RUSTY stayed connected until the stretch. GREEK LEGEND and GHIBLI who was wide early but took back) never made their presence felt. MUSCLES D’ORO broke midpack at the half.