In touch with leaders, towards rear after 2f, headway from over 2f out, soon switched left and on outer, ridden when led over 1f out, soon hard pressed, headed inside final 110yds, soon battled back, led again towards finish, all out (op 7/2 tchd 5/1)
Travelled strongly, steadied start, in rear, shaken up and headway from over 2f out, soon prominent, switched right and pressed leader from over 1f out, ridden and made sustained challenge inside final furlong, just held (op 16/1)
Prominent, ridden when pressed leader over 1f out, soon briefly led, kept on well inside final furlong, led narrowly inside final 110yds, headed towards finish, soon lost second (op 9/4)
Prominent, lost position and in touch with leaders after 2f, pushed along 4f out, soon towards rear, rallied and some headway from over 2f out, ridden when prominent over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong (op 50/1)
Pressed leader, led from over 6f out, pushed along when edged left 2f out, headed and weakened from over 1f out (jockey said gelding ran too free) (op 11/1)
Slightly awkward start and dwelt, towards rear, headway and pressed leader with one circuit to go, lost position but prominent from over 5f out, pushed along 3f out, weakened from over 2f out, soon eased and tailed off, bled from the nose (jockey said gelding was slowly away; vet said gelding was found to have bled from the nose) (op 9/4)
9 ran
Off time:
7:58:59
Winning time:
2m 30.83s (fast by 1.07s)
Total SP:
112%
DBI (SP%):
L [Stalls 1-3] 73 (21%) M [4-6] 27 (64%) H [7-9] 50 (15%)
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