Mounted on course, taken down early, in rear, going okay under 2f out, pushed along and switched left over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, kept on to lead inside final 110yds, ran on (trainer's rep said, regarding apparent improvement in form, that the gelding had been slowly away on his previous run) (op 7/1 tchd 6/1 and tchd 15/2)
Close up, pressed leader from over 2f out, pushed along and made challenge over 1f out, ridden when led 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, no extra and headed inside final 110yds (op 10/3 tchd 11/4)
Prominent, pushed along when close up 2f out, ridden and made challenge from over 1f out, lost position inside final furlong, rallied inside final 110yds, went third towards finish (tchd 5/1 and tchd 7/1)
Prominent, pushed along over 2f out, ridden 1f out, kept on and went third inside final furlong, no extra and lost third towards finish (tchd 12/1 and tchd 18/1)
Led but pestered, headed over 3f out, soon close up, pushed along and led again 2f out, soon faced strong challenge, ridden when headed 1f out, no extra inside final 110yds (op 12/1 tchd 9/1)
Midfield, pushed along when prominent 2f out, switched left over 1f out, ridden and weakened gradually inside final furlong, eased towards finish (tchd 7/2)
Pressed leader against near rail, led narrowly over 3f out, pushed along and headed 2f out, weakened from over 1f out, soon dropped to rear (op 25/1 tchd 100/1)
11 ran
Off time:
5:37:45
Winning time:
1m 10.76s (slow by 0.56s)
Total SP:
119%
DBI (SP%):
L [Stalls 1-4] 38 (35%) M [5-7] 89 (38%) H [8-11] 23 (27%)
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