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Run-Up: 40 feet

Winner: Hey Cue, Dark Bay or Brown Gelding, by Accelerate out of Cumulonimble, by Stormy Atlantic. Foaled Feb 28, 2020 in ON.
Breeder: Ron Clarkson.
Owner: R. I. Clarkson
Trainer: Drexler, Martin

1 Claimed Horse(s):

Midnight Tempesta

New trainer: Steven Chircop

New Owner: Steven Chircop

Claiming Prices: 6 - Hey Cue: $25,000; 4 - Celentano: $23,500; 7 - Fracen Macho: $25,000; 5 - Royal Quality: $25,000; 8 - Proud Ronin: $23,500; 3 - If You Insist: $23,500; 1 - Mister Holden: $25,000; 2 - Midnight Tempesta: $25,000;

Total WPS Pool: $89,571

6 - Drexler, Martin 4 - Parente, Pat 7 - Buttigieg, Paul 5 - Casse, Mark 8 - Huarte, Frank 3 - Raghunath, Eric 1 - MacRae, Donald 2 - DiPaola, Santino

6 - R. I. Clarkson 4 - Vallelonga Stable and Parente, Pat 7 - Buttigieg Training Centre 5 - M Racing Group LLC 8 - Christopher Huarte 3 - Raghunath, Nancy B., Raghunath, Eric M. and Neufeld, Willow 1 - Michael Loughry 2 - Mario Giorgio

HEY CUE was content hounding the pace outside down the backstretch, moved in sharply when coaxed for more gaining outside to take the lead by the quarter pole, angled out four wide travelling strongly in upper stretch and when asked at the furlong marker drew off to win going away. CELENTANO had a good trip in the two path watching the top two down the backside, kept pace in the second flight inside a challenger around the turn, shifted to the three path for the drive, determinedly burst between foes with an eighth still left to run and opened up on horses for the runners up share in the final sixteenth. FRACEN MACHO settled three deep in the middle of the pack along the backside, advanced smartly around horses three wide on the turn to loom the main threat in the five path entering the stretch but could not keep going late and stalled in the final sixteenth of a mile. ROYAL QUALITY rated between runners in midfield, was hard ridden with five sixteenths from home but was losing ground to others, shifted to the three path finishing up on the wrong lead to the wire but found something in reserve to run on late getting up just before the wire to settle on the fringes. PROUD RONIN travelled four deep at the rear in mid-backstretch while unhurried finding his stride, put in a mild rally four wide around horses from the three eighths pole until the quarter marker, swung out to be six wide turning for home and finished up willingly in the stretch run gaining on rivals late. IF YOU INSIST had the advantage up front inside runners down the backside, was collared by the winner outside with a quarter mile left to run, tried to battle back on the fence in upper stretch but had little left late and wilted in deep stretch. MISTER HOLDEN broke a step slow to trail at the start, was nudged on the fence trying get better inside position down the back straight, had a stalking trip near the rear inside at the half, was scrubbed on the rail narrowing the margin on the leaders around the bend, could not sustain the rally and evened out in deep stretch. MIDNIGHT TEMPESTA settled in midfield early on, had traffic problems in the two path between horses having to be checked out from a tight spot down the backstretch, settled in last making no gains on rivals through the turn, shifted to the four path for the stretch run but offered no finish down the lane.

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