Thistledown

RELISH THE RIDE settled in the five path early, shifted in to the two path on the far turn, angled back out to the five path entering the stretch, rallied determinedly under right handed urging and was along in time. WETZEL bumped at the start, stalked the pace into the stretch, rallied two wide to make the lead in the late stages then couldn't handle the winner. I WANNA WIN moved up the rail steadily to make the lead at the nine sixteenths pole, set a pressured pace until late stretch then was outfinished. HIDDEN ACCESS stalked the pace four wide and lacked the needed response. NEED TO KNOW BASIS was fractious in the gate, broke a step slow then had no impact. OKLAHOMA JOE also fractious in the gate, bumped at the start, sprinted to a clear lead soon thereafter, set the pace to the nine sixteenths pole while two wide, kept pressure into the stretch then was used up. K KID fractious in the gate, was through after a half.

MO MO LIGHTNING chased the pace three wide into the stretch, dug in late under left handed urging and got up in the final strides. PYRAMID SCHEME vied for the lead along the inside, rallied to make the lead at the top of the stretch, set the balance of the pace and just missed hanging on. INDY'S HOPE trailed into the far turn, circled rivals four wide through the stretch and was steadily gaining ground late. VANADIUM set the pace off the rail for six and one half furlongs then weakened. JARARACUSSU failed to menace. RED OHIO BRED stalked the early pace four wide, stopped on the far turn and was eased to the wire.