Soon led narrowly, pushed along from 2f out when challenged, headed narrowly over 1f out but battled back under pressure to lead again 100yds out, kept on strongly close home (op 7/1 tchd 8/1)
Soon tracked leader in close 2nd, pushed along to challenge 2f out, led narrowly under pressure entering final furlong, headed 100yds out and no extra close home (op 7/2)
Held up behind leaders, 6th halfway, ridden from 2f out and kept on well to go 3rd inside final furlong but no extra under pressure and dropped to 4th close home (op 9/2 tchd 4/1)
Soon chased leaders in close 3rd, ridden to challenge 2f out and kept on well, no extra under pressure entering final furlong and soon dropped to 5th, one pace (op 9/1 tchd 10/1)
Chased leaders, 5th halfway, ridden from 2f out and no extra entering final furlong where dropped to rear (vet said gelding was found to be coughing) (op 9/4 tchd 5/2)
Slowly away and lost several lengths, soon recovered and rapid headway on outer to go 4th halfway, soon ridden and no extra entering final furlong, weakened final 100yds (op 12/1 tchd 16/1)
8 ran
Off time:
2:40:25
Winning time:
59.63s (slow by 1.23s)
Total SP:
114%
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