Held up in touch in midfield, switched left and effort over 2f out, stayed on under pressure over 1f out, challenged and edged right 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on strongly and soon in command, eased near finish (op 3/1 tchd 5/2 and tchd 10/3)
Looked well; soon pushed into lead, stretching rivals over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, driven over 1f out, headed and one pace inside final furlong (op 5/4)
Chased leader until 13f out, stayed prominent until chased leader again over 3f out, switched left and effort over 2f out, unable to quicken under pressure and lost 2nd over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong (op 11/2)
Slowly into stride, held up in rear, effort well over 2f out, switched right and driven over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never troubled leaders (op 66/1)
In touch in midfield, pushed along 4f out, unable to quicken under pressure entering final 2f, no threat to leaders and plugged on same pace from over 1f out
Slowly into stride, soon recovered to chase leaders, went 2nd 13f out, ridden over 4f out, soon hung right and lost 2nd, dropped out and behind over 1f out (jockey said gelding stopped quickly) (op 8/1 tchd 10/1)
9 ran
Off time:
4:10:09
Winning time:
3m 24.86s (fast by 3.04s)
Total SP:
115%
DBI (SP%):
L [Stalls 1-3] 67 (45%) M [4-6] 66 (39%) H [8-10] 17 (16%)
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