Pushed along early, soon led, ridden 2f out, edged right and faced challenge 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong, just held second (op 10/1 tchd 9/1)
Took keen hold, raced in second and pressed leader, ridden and lost second over 1f out, lost third and weakened inside final furlong (jockey said gelding ran too freely) (op 17/2 tchd 8/1)
Held up in rear, intimidated by rival and edged right over 6f out, switched right and ridden over 2f out, switched right and headway over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong, never near to challenge (tchd 40/1)
Towards rear, intimidated by rival and edged right over 6f out, pushed along and headway into midfield 6f out, ridden over 3f out, dropped to rear 2f out, well held but kept on inside final furlong (op 28/1 tchd 18/1 and tchd 33/1)
Steadied start, took keen hold, held up in last, ridden 2f out, no impression and no chance when not clear run and switched right towards finish (trainer could offer no explanation for the poor form shown other than the jockey said gelding ran too freely) (op 15/8)
10 ran
Off time:
6:34:17
Winning time:
1m 38.28s (slow by 2.78s)
Total SP:
116%
DBI (SP%):
L [Stalls 1-3] 39 (44%) M [4-7] 72 (20%) H [8-10] 39 (36%)
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