Strong; looked well; steadied and went left leaving stalls, soon dropped in and held up off the pace in 5th, switched left and effort over 2f out, chased clr ldrs 2f out, edged right over 1f out, switched left and closing ins fnl f, led 50yds out, sn clr (op 6/1)
Went left leaving stalls, recovered and headway to lead after 1f out and raced keenly, joined and ridden 2f out, headed narrowly over 1f out, battled on well under pressure and sustained duel with rival until no extra 50yds out (jockey said colt lugged right-handed into the rail) (op 9/2 tchd 7/2)
Led for 1f, chased leader and clear of field, closed to join leader and travelling better 2f out, ridden to lead narrowly over 1f out, kept on well under pressure and sustained duel with rival after until headed and no extra 50yds out (op 25/1)
Steadied start, off the pace in rear, effort and hung right entering final 2f, soon switched left and ridden, went 4th and still 5 lengths off the lead 1f out, stayed on strongly under pressure final 100yds out, not reach leaders (op 6/1)
Looked well; off the pace in midfield, effort over 2f out, no impression and well held over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, finished lame (op 11/4 tchd 3/1)
Chased clear leading pair, pushed along well over 2f out, no impression and lost 3rd 2f out, kept on same pace after and never threatened leaders (trainer could offer no explanation for the poor form shown other than he felt it was a messy race) (op 2/1 tchd 11/4)
6 ran
Off time:
2:25:50
Winning time:
1m 36.79s (fast by 0.01s)
Total SP:
112%
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