In touch, headway over 4f out, close up over 3f out, challenged on outer over 2f out and every chance, ridden well over 1f out, driven and kept on same pace final furlong (op 15/2 tchd 8/1 and 13/2)
Chased clear leader, closed up over 4f out, led over 3f out, joined and ridden over 2f out, headed well over 1f out, soon driven and kept on one pace (tchd 4/1)
Ridden along start, soon led and clear, pushed along over 4f out, soon joined and ridden, headed over 3f out, soon lost place and behind (trainer's explanation for the gelding's performance of starting favourite, finishing last of six and beaten 60 lengths was the insufficient pace in the race he had instructed his rider to go forward from the stalls and make the running, ensuring that the gelding was ridden positively as the gelding is a laid back type; trainer added that in his opinion he felt that the rider may have overdone the positive tactics on this occasion; vet reported that a post-race examination of the gelding during routine testing failed to reveal any abnormalities) (tchd 11/4 and 7/2)
6 ran
Off time:
2:10:17
Winning time:
2m 40.38s (slow by 2.18s)
Total SP:
111%
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