Raced wide, held up in rear, smooth headway over 2f out, bit short of room and switched left 2f out, led over 1f out, soon ridden and hung badly left, hard pressed towards finish, just held on (op 20/1 tchd 22/1)
Outpaced in rear early, pushed along and some headway home turn, good headway up the centre 2f out, ran on well inside final furlong, just failed (op 10/3)
Towards rear, going okay but still plenty to do over 2f out, soon ridden and headway towards near side, ran on inside final furlong, not pace to challenge (op 33/1)
Midfield, going okay but dropped to rear home turn, ridden over 1f out, soon bit short of room, in the clear and kept on final furlong, never dangerous (stewards' inquired into running and riding, jockey said his instructions were to jump well and sit handily throughout the race, and ride the race as it unfolded; he added that having ridden the gelding on several occasions, he felt that, as usual it jumped well but then appeared to be outpaced in the early part of the race which was unusual for the gelding as he usually travels well and races prominently; he further added that he had ridden all the way to the line and that, in his opinion, he had obtained the best possible placing; trainer's rep said that the ride accorded with the instructions and that she was satisfied with the ride given; their explanations were noted; vet said a post-race examination revealed the gelding to be coughing) (op 25/1 tchd 28/1)
Disputed lead at fast pace, led narrowly against near rail over 2f out, soon ridden, headed by winner over 1f out, weakened quickly inside final furlong (op 15/2)
Disputed lead at fast pace, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened quickly from over 1f out (trainer said, regarding poor performance, that the gelding was unsuited by the going which was officially described as soft, and would prefer a quicker surface) (tchd 5/1)
Raced wide, prominent, pushed along home turn, outpaced and lost ground quickly over 2f out, dropped to last over 1f out, got well behind inside final furlong (op 12/1)
12 ran
Off time:
3:27:18
Winning time:
1m 15.92s (slow by 5.52s)
Total SP:
122%
DBI (SP%):
L [Stalls 1-4] 37 (36%) M [5-8] 32 (20%) H [9-12] 81 (44%)
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