Slowly into stride, in rear, nudged along and ran on inside final furlong, eyecatcher (jockey said, regarding running and riding, his instructions were to expect gelding to be slowly into stride but give him a chance to find his feet, travel into race then come with his run; he added that he was aware gelding can have a high, awkward head carriage and is a big strong galloping horse which needed to be held together and kept balanced for as long as possible, adding that he felt gelding was off the bridle and going as fast as he could until turning for home; once in the straight, he cajoled gelding into giving his effort which he considered to be the best way to ride gelding; he further added that this was the best performance gelding had achieved in his four runs for the yard, despite the Wolverhampton circuit being tighter than ideal; jockey indicated that he would be recommending to trainer that gelding may now appreciate a step up in trip to 6f; trainer's rep confirmed instructions given and that the ride had accorded with them) (op 14/1)
Towards rear, headway then switched right over 1f out, no impression inside final furlong (trainer was informed filly could not run until day after passing a stalls test) (op 11/2)
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