Held up in rear, ridden and headway on outer over 1f out, soon edged left, chased winner inside final furlong, ran on (jockey said gelding hung both ways in the home straight) (op 9/2)
Slowly into stride, behind, pushed along and headway over 2f out, ridden and chased winner over 1f out, lost second and no extra inside final furlong (jockey said gelding was outpaced in the early stages of the race) (op 13/2 tchd 6/1)
Prominent, steadied and dropped to midfield over 8f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out (trainer said, regarding the poor form shown, that gelding was unsuited by the left-handed aspect of the track, the good to firm ground on this occasion and would prefer an easier surface together with the race coming too soon having only ran 8 days ago) (tchd 11/5 and tchd 5/2)
Chased leader, pushed along and lost second over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, eased over 1f out (trainer's rep said gelding briefly lost his action turning into the home straight and was never travelling thereafter) (op 10/1)
8 ran
Off time:
5:57:11
Winning time:
2m 7.13s (slow by 1.33s)
Total SP:
115%
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