Julien Leparoux basically rode Pure Clan like she could not lose the Modesty Handicap, and the filly did not let him down.Leparoux quickly took Pure Clan off the fence in the first quarter-mile of the Modesty. Why risk getting stopped, stuck, impeded, or otherwise when you are riding a 4-5 shot in a five-horse field?"I just wanted to be in the clear," Leparoux said when the dust had cleared, and Pure Clan had won the Grade 3, $200,000 Modesty by 2 1/2 lengths in a dominant performance.

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