Bunyaan, the longest shot in a five-horse field at 14-1, closed relentlessly from last to nail 2-5 favorite Micozzi on the wire in the Aqueduct opener, a $14,000 claiming sprint for nonwinners-of-three lifetime.

Bunyaan paid $31 with Abel Lezcano aboard. The 5-year-old is trained by Randi Persuad.

Micozzi tok the lead midway through the mile race, looked gone, but then drfited out in upper and mid-stretch, then hung late.