Dwelt start, took keen hold, held up in rear, raced wide and smooth headway to lead over 2f out, soon pushed along and edged left, ridden and clear with one other over 1f out, kept on well final 110yds (trainer said, regarding the apparent improvement in form, gelding benefitted from the return to Lingfield where he is a previous course and distance winner) (op 6/1)
Towards rear of midfield, headway on outer and in touch with leaders when bit short of room over 2f out, ridden and went third up the centre over 1f out, kept on final 110yds, no match for first two (op 20/1)
Slowly away, in rear, pushed along and still plenty to do over 2f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, went fourth final 110yds, nearest finish (tchd 5/1)
Dwelt start, soon midfield, ridden briefly early, shaken up when short of room on turn over 2f out, soon lost position and ridden, no impression from over 1f out (op 11/1)
Took keen hold, led narrowly, headed and pressed leader halfway, ridden and lost position over 4f out, soon weakened and eased, tailed off (trainer said gelding made a respiratory noise) (op 50/1 tchd 150/1)
14 ran
Off time:
3:48:28
Winning time:
3m 23.92s (slow by 5.52s)
Total SP:
125%
Placepot:
£274.90 to a £1 stake. Pool: £60,506.49 - 160.67 winning units
Quadpot:
£100.60 to a £1 stake. Pool: £6,457.05 - 47.49 winning units
DBI (SP%):
L [Stalls 1-5] 48 (37%) M [6-9] 53 (39%) H [10-14] 49 (24%)
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