SPARSE broke well and settled towards the back of the field while two wide around the first turn. He dropped further back down the backstretch as he trailed by 24 and 3/4 lengths. Michael Baze, filling in for a sick Inez Karlsson, commenced his rally heading into the second turn. SPARSE split horse late in the turn and angled out towards the middle of the stretch where he finished with a swift rally while running out of stretch to catch the winner, Malibu Vice, as he finished 2nd, defeated by 1/2 length.
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