Settled in 3rd, 10 lengths off pace halfway, dropped to moderate 4th early straight, ridden over 1f out and kept on well inside final furlong, not reach winner (jockey said, regarding running and riding, that instructions were to get his mount to switch off, get him settled and make the best of his way home; he said his mount hated the ground and he was never happy with the way the horse travelled; he said he tried to get his mount to creep into the race and he held onto him as long as possible to make sure he got home on the ground; he felt that if the horse had come off the bridle earlier in the straight he would not have finished out his race as well as he did; the trainer confirmed the instructions and outlined how his charge had been to Dubai earlier in the year followed by a little break afterwards; he said that he trained the horse since then with a view to running today on route to the Coronation Cup; he explained how his charge had been beaten in this corresponding race last year on soft ground, and that it had shown a preference for better ground in the past; he stated that if his rider went after the pacemakers earlier in the race, he would have been out on his head and it would not have lasted home.) (op 2/5 tchd 4/9)
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