Held up in behind leaders, smooth headway and chased leaders towards far side 2f out, pushed along and led 1f out, ridden and edged right inside final furlong, kept on well towards finish, comfortably (op 4/6 tchd 10/11)
Raced in second, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and lost second over 1f out, kept on well when hampered inside final furlong, no match for winner (op 16/1 tchd 12/1 and tchd 20/1)
Chased leaders, soon went third, headway disputing second 2f out, briefly led over 1f out, soon headed, ridden and no extra inside final 110yds (op 6/1 tchd 15/2)
Held up in behind leaders, went fourth halfway, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and dropped to rear over 1f out, soon no extra, eased inside final 110yds (trainer's rep could offer no explanation for the gelding's apparent poor performance; vet reported that a post-race examination of the gelding failed to reveal any abnormalities) (op 4/1)
6 ran
Off time:
7:24:11
Winning time:
1m 24.95s (slow by 1.65s)
Total SP:
114%
Non-runners:
Sweet Bertie (travel problems), Twilight Song (travel problems)
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