Taken down early, took keen hold, prominent, went second 12th, soon clear with one other, ridden and outpaced 2 out, rallied run-in, kept on strongly to lead final strides (trainer's rep said, regarding the apparent improvement in form, that gelding had benefitted from his reappearance run which followed a 385-day break and also a 4lb drop in the handicap, which was noted) (op 15/2 tchd 7/1)
Didn't jump with fluency, in touch with leaders, mistake 3rd, hit and outpaced 12th, went modest third 4 out, ridden and weakened after 3 out (op 3/1 tchd 11/4)
Raced in second, not fluent 6th, not fluent 10th, lost second and outpaced 12th, pushed along and weakened 4 out, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out (trainer had no explanation for the poor form shown other than confirming jockey's report that gelding was never travelling; vet said a post-race examination failed to reveal any abnormalities) (op 5/4)
4 ran
Off time:
1:30:16
Winning time:
4m 57.13s (slow by 7.13s)
Total SP:
108%
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