Lone Star Park

UPTOWN WHITECOLLAR off slow, advanced, blocked upper stretch, split, surged late. UPTOWN SANDMAN ducked start, advanced four-wide turn, good finish, lugged in. WMA BABY DOLL pressed two-wide, finished up well. WMA RED WINGS early pace, battled gamely inside through stretch, weakened late. WMA MINUTE MAID pressed pace three-wide, tired in the stretch. HIGHH FIVE raced in last early, stayed on up the rail, improved. WMA GETAWAY raced four- wide mid-pack, lacked a rally. WMA GERONIMO settled two-wide just off pace, no late response. RS KING BASEQ ducked out, tracked mid-pack three-wide, outfinished late. RV RELENTLESS awkward start, slow to begin, always behind.

LET'S GO MARK backed off the pace after a level start, settled off the pace to the stretch, had a little trouble changing leads at the head of the stretch, but found best stride in the final furlong and was along in time for the win. STAYED IN FOR HALF broke on top but settled in a stalking position, put in a good finish three-wide but came up short. UNBRIDLED BLING was quickest to the front, led the way through the turn, responded when set down in the stretch, but was caught in the final strides. BALSA was off a step slow, tracked off the pace while saving ground, finished well, but was outkicked in the final yards. BAD BEAT BRIAN outpaced from the start, raced wide, and was unable to threaten. THAT'S RIGHT raced three or four wide and lacked a finish in the stretch.

KNOTTY KITTY settled four-wide well off the early pace, started a forward move after passing the three-furlong pole, lugged out in upper stretch, then got straightened out in the final furlong and surged late, closed in on the leader and was just up. GOLD MESA jumped out to the early lead, crossed over to the rail before the five-furlong pole, maintained a clear lead through the turn, tried to slip away leaving the quarter pole, got a little short in the final yards, and was tagged at the wire. SPEAKER BABY tracked along the rail while under a bit of a hold, came out to the two-path through the turn, was under a drive approaching the quarter pole, swung three wide into the stretch, and finished up well but was not quite good enough. CHIP ALTERNATIVE showed little interest after the break and had to be coaxed along by the rider to get back into the race, chased the field into the turn, kept to the inside, managed to outfinish a couple of tired rivals, and just missed grabbing the minor award. WITT'S DUBAI GAL rushed up to join the early pace mix but had to steady when GOLD MESA crossed the path, tracked three-wide, then was under a ride midway through the turn and flattened out in the lane. LA VONDA SECURITY raced three to four wide early on, then was outfinished in the stretch..

BERRY MISCHIEVOUS broke best, went to a clear lead early and held sway late. SON OF A BLING broke best but ceded the front end, tracked off the pace, then finished with some interest to move up into second. FLOTATION STATION chased BERRY MISCHIEVOUS in second position, was unable to close the gap and was outfinished for second. PERLIANO tracked three-wide near the rear of the field and finished evenly. ESSAY broke out and brushed with WINFROMWITHIN at the start, was last into the turn, swung out three wide into the stretch, but was unable to improve. WINFROMWITHIN bumped lightly with EASSY at the start, raced close up to the three-furlong pole, then struggled to keep up in the late stages.

BONFIGLIO hopped at the start, moved briskly through the field on the backstretch run to make the lead before the far turn, was in full command at the top of the stretch, then held off a late bid from MCGINNIS in the final yards. MCGINNIS raced close up two-wide, followed BONFIGLIO into the far turn, chased gamely down the stretch, could not reel in that rival but finished well clear of the next horse. RAVEN AND OAK settled inside with the back half of the field early, came out to the three-path on the far turn, finished with some interest to gain the third spot but never a threat to the top two. OBAN raced three-wide throughout and finished with mild interest. EL CHAVO tracked behind the pace to the far turn, then was outfinished in the late stages. FOLLOW THE STAR hustled away to vie three-wide for the lead into the first turn, dueled outside of SIR TOM down the backstretch, left that rival behind leaving the three-furlong pole, briefly led near the three-furlong pole but was overtaken by BONFIGLIO, tried to battle back into the stretch but weakened in the final furlong and faded. COASTAL WARRIOR got caught four-wide on the clubhouse turn, tracked in the middle of the field, lost ground on the far turn, and did not have a finishing kick. GOOD NIGHT AMERICA brought up the rear to the far turn, then passed tired foes in the stretch. . ESSENTIAL STORM came under early cropping after leaving the gate, settled in mid-pack two or three paths off the rail, then dropped off the pace passing the three-furlong pole and was not a factor in the late stages. SIR TOM dueled to the inside of FOLLOW THE STAR, weakened with three furlongs to run, and had little to offer in the stretch.

BLINGSTER dueled inside of a rival, took command passing the quarter pole and drew off in the stretch. SHE'S CANDIFIED was the early trailer, came out three to four wide for the stretch run, and rallied to just get up for second. BLUE HEAVENLY sat behind the dueling leaders, bid three-wide into the stretch, chased the winner through the lane, and was caught from behind to lose the place. YODA WINNER got bounced around between rivals shortly after the start, gave an even effort but was never a serious threat. SUCCESSFULPATH raced close up early, then struggled to keep pace in the late stages. OOH LA DA STOOPS dueled outside of BLINGSTER, gave way at the quarter pole, and had nothing left for the stretch run.