Belmont at the Big A

DESPO'S DREAM was hustled from the gate, pressed the pace on the outside of the leader, took the lead in the three path midway through the turn, was challenged to the outside while asked late on that bend, floated out to the six path into upper stretch then came out a bit further, dueled inside of the runner-up to the finish and out-nodded that foe to narrowly prevail under strong urging. COQUITO was hustled from the gate, angled out with six furlongs to run, was urged along on the outside, chased in the four path for most of the turn then moved to the five path while making a bid, came out to the eight path into upper stretch, dueled outside of the winner while a bit further out in the track in the drive, fought while bobbing heads with that foe to the finish and just missed but was well clear for the place. CURLIN'S MAGIC bumped with rivals on both sides at the start, was urged along on the outside while well off the pace, traveled around the turn in the five path, dropped to the three path into upper stretch and lacked the needed response while able to get the show. FLOGE broke out and bumped with a rival then was corrected with the left-rein, dropped back then was urged along near the rear, went around the turn in the two then three path, was driven into the stretch in the four path and failed to rally. JACKIE THE JOKER bumped with a rival at the start, showed the way on the inside of a foe, vied along the rail under pressure on the turn, lost the advantage with three furlongs to run, dropped back outside the quarter-pole and tired. TROUBLED LUCK was hustled from the gate then taken in hand briefly outside the five-eighths pole, raced off the pace, was urged along in the two path on the turn, dropped back while remaining on her inside lead in upper stretch, angled out near the furlong marker and failed to respond.

INTEGRATION lost his rear footing at the break, recovered to track along the inside through the first turn and then just off the inside down the backstretch unhurried near the rear of the field, tucked briefly inside into the far turn before nudging his way out against CARSON'S RUN to the two path three furlongs out placed to coaxing, swung three wide into upper stretch, dug in under a drive rallying to collar the leader a sixteenth out and prevailed gamely on the wire. RISK TOLERANCE (IRE) forwardly placed just off the inside, settled in closest aim of the leader patiently handled, took over narrow command at the quarter pole and spun just off the inside into upper stretch getting set down straightened away for home, dug in under a drive under lone threat to the outside, got caught at the sixteenth marker and fought on willingly to the finish. A BOURBON FOR TOBY broke out a step at the start and was corrected, saved ground at the tail of the field coming under encouragement with five-sixteenths to go, spun just off the inside into upper stretch and improved position to secure the show honors. CARSON'S RUN raced just off the inside through the first turn, tracked two to three paths off the inside down the backstretch, tucked to the two path into the far turn and came under coaxing with three-eighths to run, got nudged three wide inside that station by INTEGRATION, tipped three to four wide at the head of the stretch and weakened. BIG BLUE LINE coaxed from the gate to the front, crossed to show the way in hand along the inside, came under urging with five-sixteenths remaining when under challenge to the outside, yielded command taking the inside route into upper stretch, then weakened through to the finish.