Chased leader, disputed lead before 3 out, led narrowly when mistake 3 out, faced sustained challenge from 2 out, ridden approaching last, led again final 110yds, kept on strongly, all out (op 11/4 tchd 16/5)
Held up in rear, smooth headway before 2 out, went second going easily 2 out, made sustained challenge approaching last, disputed lead when ridden last, kept on well run-in, headed but battled on final 110yds, just held (op 20/1)
Midfield, ridden and outpaced before 3 out, soon rallied, went third but ridden when mistake 2 out, no extra and held approaching last, no match for first two (op 7/1 tchd 10/1)
Held up in midfield, not fluent 3rd, mistake 6th, good headway before 3 out, made challenge 3 out, soon ridden and outpaced, not fluent 2 out, weakened approaching last (op 11/2)
Towards rear of midfield, dropped to last and pushed along briefly before 4th, cajoled along before 6th, headway 7th, briefly went third before 3 out, outpaced and held before 2 out, no impression when jumped left last (op 7/1)
Held up in rear, outpaced and pushed along before 3 out, soon no impression and held, lost touch approaching last (trainer could offer no explanation for the gelding's apparent poor performance) (op 4/1)
Tracked leaders, bad mistake 1st, niggled along before 6th, jockey looked down to see if something was amiss after 6th, soon eased and pulled up (jockey said gelding hung badly left-handed; vet reported that a post-race examination of the gelding failed to reveal any abnormalities) (op 20/1)
Led, joined and pushed along before 3 out, headed when mistake and lost ground quickly 3 out, soon beaten and lost touch, behind when pulled up approaching last (trainer said gelding made a respiratory noise) (op 18/1)
9 ran
Off time:
1:45:52
Winning time:
5m 10.80s (slow by 18.80s)
Total SP:
115%
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