Clearly Now clearly best in Bold Ruler

Forty Tales was along for second, while longshot Saturday's Charm edged

Strapping Groom by a neck for third 4 3/4 lengths farther back. Big Screen and

Politicallycorrect completed the order of finish.

Owned by Up Hill Stable and trained by Brian Lynch, Clearly Now started his

career in Canada, where he won his first two starts and then finished third in

the $150,000 Display over 1 1/16 miles to conclude his juvenile season.

This year Clearly Now has won or placed in all seven appearances. Preceding

this win was a Grade 3 score in the Swale at Gulfstream, close second-place

finishes in the Bay Shore at Aqueduct, Charlie Barley at Woodbine, and Gallant

Bob at Parx, and thirds in the Holy Bull at Gulfstream and Woody Stephens at

Belmont. His record now stands at 10-4-3-3, $508,236.

"He was on the verge of winning one of these races and today he put it all

together, so it was great," Lynch said. "We started breezing him in blinkers and

you could just see that that was the ticket. We'll give him a bit of a break.

He's had a great three-year-old campaign and we look forward to ringing in the

New Year."

Bred in Kentucky by Claiborne Farm, Clearly Now was a $30,000 Keeneland

September yearling. Produced by the multiple stakes-placed Bend, a daughter of

Arch, Clearly Now hails from the family of multiple Grade 2 queen Wend.

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