Late running closers ruled the day as trainer allfranks NODOUBT FRANK rallied from mid-pack early to win the Grade-3 CEO CLASSIC by a comfortable 2 3\/4 lengths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trainer lgyetanother1’s CHANNELING LONGER led the field to the 6-furlong marker with trainer barcelona1’s UGWU and trainer jeffdrew’s ALL THE BAY AROUND 1 1\/2 lengths behind in 2nd and 3rd. NODOUBT FRANK was 8th but still 12 1\/2 lengths behind the leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At 8 furlongs CHANNELING LONGER extended the lead to 2 1\/2 lengths and still looked comfortable. UGWU was now in 2nd with ALL THE BAY AROUND 3rd. At 9 furlongs the nature of the race changed dramatically, NODOUBT FRANK was only 3 lengths behind the struggling leaders and was making up ground fast. Trainer sremel63’s THANKYOUFORTHEVENOM and trainer liam7’s GREATEST GLORY, who was dead last at 4 furlongs, were both also advancing quickly and taking dead aim at the tiring top-3 runners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Entering the stretch NODOUBT FRANK looked a clear winner, with only GREATEST GLORY still in hot pursuit, but quickly running out of time. THANKYOUFORTHEVENOM crossed the wire 3rd but was 2 3\/4 lengths behind 2nd place GREATEST GLORY. It took a photo to determine 4th, with the nod going to the game but dead tired CHANNELING LONGER. Trainer vettstars RED KORNSNAKE who had moved into 4th at 8 furlongs, lost momentum late and had to settle for 5th place cash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NODOUBT FRANK finally had his 1st Grade-3 victory after 3 previous tries and the win pushed his lifetime earnings over the $200K mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
RACE CHART w\/comments \u2026 in FINISH order<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Late running closers ruled the day as trainer allfranks NODOUBT FRANK rallied from mid-pack early to win the Grade-3 CEO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58158"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58170,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58158\/revisions\/58170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}NODOUBT FRANK<\/strong> \u2026 mid-pack early, launched a furious rally at 9 furlongs to sweep by tiring leaders, convincing winner<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n GREATEST GLORY<\/strong> \u2026at the rear early, rallied hard from 18 lengths back, still gaining at wire fastest of all late<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n THANKYOUFORTHEVENOM<\/strong> \u2026 rear mid-pack early, late rally but no threat to top pair, clearly best of the rest<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n CHANNELING LONGER<\/strong> \u2026 set the early pace, strong until 9 furlongs, tried hard but very tired through stretch<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n RED KORNSNAKE<\/strong> \u2026 mid-pack early, even paced effort, mild stretch move but hung a bit late<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n ALL THE BAY AROUND<\/strong> \u2026 pressured early leader in 2nd, tough trip, couldn’t get lead, tired badly final 2 furlongs<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n RED DOG B<\/strong> \u2026 mid-pack early, steady even trip, started and finished 7th, couldn’t gain ground <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n TZINGHALIS<\/strong> \u2026 mid-pack early, conceded 14 lengths, modest rally late no impact on position<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n ACT QUIST<\/strong> \u2026 rear-pack early, late rally made up some ground and passed tired runners, too late<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n UGWU<\/strong> \u2026 stalked leader early in 2nd, prominent early in contention to 9 furlongs, faded badly late<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n JUST MIX IT UP<\/strong> \u2026 rear-pack early, fell 15 lengths back at 4 furlongs, no rally when asked<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n WHAT IT MEANS<\/strong> \u2026 lead-pack early, kept pace to 4 furlongs, started losing contact 8 furlongs, faded badly<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n BIG WOOL<\/strong> \u2026 lead pack early, last early, literally ran stride for stride with WHAT IT MEANS entire race<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n BKR RULERSHIP<\/strong> \u2026 near the rear early, never moved a muscle after 6 furlongs, distanced<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"