Sweating, led, 4 lengths ahead with one circuit to go, reduced lead before halfway, ridden over 2f out, hard pressed home turn, headed by winner over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong, just held second (op 12/1 tchd 10/1)
Towards rear, good headway on inner from 4f out, ridden and outpaced 2f out, soon rallied, stayed on inside final furlong, went third final 110yds, nearest finish (op 12/1)
Held up in behind leaders, ridden 4f out, chased leaders 3f out, kept on from 2f out, went third final furlong, no impression inside final furlong, lost third final 110yds (op 33/1 tchd 40/1)
Held up in rear, smooth headway on inner 4f out, went third home turn, soon weakened gradually, no extra final furlong (op 11/1 tchd 9/1 and tchd 12/1)
Towards rear, raced in last and ridden 8f out, lost touch from 4f out, well beaten from 3f out (jockey said gelding was never travelling) (op 9/1 tchd 17/2)
Chased leaders, soon cajoled along and dropped to midfield, headway but pushed along 5f out, lost ground quickly from 4f out, tailed off (trainer said, regarding poor performance, that the gelding was unsuited by the going which was officially described as good to firm, good in places, and would prefer a softer surface) (op 4/1)
11 ran
Off time:
2:05:20
Winning time:
4m 55.29s (slow by 7.89s)
Total SP:
117%
DBI (SP%):
L [Stalls 1-4] 58 (54%) M [5-7] 42 (14%) H [8-11] 50 (32%)
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