Dwelt start, towards rear, headway when switched left under 2f out, pressed leaders when ridden on far side of group over 1f out, led inside final 110yds, ran on, comfortably (trainer's rep said, regarding the apparent improvement in form, that gelding may have resented the kickback here on the 16th November; the same rider felt that having ridden gelding wide here on the 12th December, he needed to come back in trip to 7f when well beaten over 1m; trainer's rep said in his opinion, their charge ran a very good race here the last day when the winning margin was taken into account; he also commented that their gelding raced off a rating of 60 tonight having dropped from 68 and furthermore the rider was a seven pound claimer) (tchd 17/2)
Midfield, headway when raced wide and pushed along home turn, keeping on when ridden on near side of group under 2f out, kept on well towards finish, went second final stride, no match for winner (op 11/1 tchd 14/1)
Took keen hold, prominent, led going okay 2f out, ridden over 1f out, edged left when headed inside final 110yds, held when lost second final stride (tchd 9/2)
Towards rear of midfield, headway from over 2f out, soon pushed along, ridden when pressed leaders over 1f out, no extra when bit short of room final 110yds (op 10/1 tchd 14/1)
Took keen hold, in touch with leaders, close up when ridden under 2f out, switched left inside final furlong, no extra when bit short of room inside final furlong (op 13/2)
Lost many lengths start when slowly away, soon recovered in rear, headway when ridden and switched right over 1f out, kept on final 110yds, nearest finish (jockey said gelding was slowly away from the starting stalls) (op 8/1 tchd 15/2)
Towards rear of midfield, pushed along over 3f out, raced wide when ridden 2f out, kept on final 110yds, eased towards finish, made no telling impression
In touch with leaders, bit short of room when switched right after 1f, pushed along home turn, ridden 2f out, soon outpaced and lost position when switched left, weakened over 1f out (vet reported gelding to be post race normal) (op 4/1)
Started quickly, took keen hold, briefly led, headed and raced in second after 1f, pushed along over 2f out, soon weakened quickly, dropped to rear when ridden briefly over 1f out, eased inside final 110yds (tchd 28/1 and tchd 40/1)
13 ran
Off time:
6:30:58
Winning time:
1m 26.77s (slow by 3.07s)
Total SP:
128%
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