Dwelt start, towards rear of midfield, headway and pressed leaders on far side of group halfway, pushed along to lead over 2f out, soon ridden, headed but prominent 1f out, kept on well, no match for winner (op 17/2 tchd 9/1)
Slowly into stride, towards rear, good headway on near side of group from over 2f out, joined leaders when ridden over 1f out, briefly led 1f out, soon headed, no extra final 110yds (op 28/1)
Midfield, going okay when nudged along under 3f out, headway when not clear run over 1f out, soon ridden when in the clear but no extra, kept on (op 3/1)
In touch with leaders, close up halfway, pushed along under 3f out, ridden 2f out, outpaced and hung left from over 1f out, soon no impression (jockey said gelding hung left up the straight) (op 15/2 tchd 9/1)
Pressed leader early, in touch with leaders halfway, close up when bit short of room and niggled along briefly on inner under 4f out, lost position over 2f out, soon dropped to midfield and not clear run repeatedly, ridden briefly over 1f out, kept on (op 16/1 tchd 14/1)
Pressed leaders, pushed along 3f out, soon ridden, weakening when carried left over 1f out, dropped to midfield when edged left inside final furlong (tchd 28/1)
Took keen hold, towards rear, nudged along 3f out, headway on inner from under 2f out, keeping on into midfield when short of room and hampered inside final furlong, soon no impression (op 17/2)
Led, pushed along 3f out, headed over 2f out, weakened gradually from over 1f out, dropped to midfield when carried left and hampered rival inside final furlong (op 66/1 tchd 50/1)
Always towards rear (jockey said gelding was slowly away, didn't handle the track and hit a ridge at the top of the back straight resulting in him leaning left for the remainder of the race; stewards inquired into running and riding; jockey said that his instructions were to get gelding to pop out handy and to sit where he was happy, he said that he felt gelding was flat out and didn't handle the bends; he also stated that he hit a ridge at the top of the back straight and hung left after that; trainer confirmed instructions and was happy with the ride given; he also stated that ground was probably too fast today and gelding was coming back from a long break) (op 16/1)
Towards rear, towards rear of midfield halfway, pushed along on far side of group from over 3f out, ridden and no extra from 2f out, soon weakened, eased inside final furlong (jockey said gelding stopped quickly) (tchd 22/1)
Held up in behind leaders, headway and pressed leader halfway, pushed along 3f out, soon lost second and weakened quickly, dropped to last when eased inside final furlong (tchd 150/1)
16 ran
Off time:
5:36:08
Winning time:
2m 37.63s (slow by 5.73s)
Total SP:
132%
Placepot:
395.10 to a 1 euro stake. Pool: 13,083.59 - 23.18 winning units
Quadpot:
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