Held up in touch, 7th halfway, headway behind leaders into 4th 2f out, ridden in 2nd 1 1/2f out and closed under pressure to lead narrowly inside final furlong, strongly pressed and all out towards finish to just hold on (op 11/4)
Waited with towards rear, 8th halfway, headway to chase leaders in 6th 2f out, closed under pressure to challenge in close 2nd inside final furlong and every chance, just held (op 4/1 tchd 5/1)
Chased leaders, 4th halfway, headway on outer over 3f out to lead over 2f out, ridden into straight and headed inside final furlong, soon no extra under pressure in 3rd, kept on one pace (op 8/1)
Chased leaders, 5th halfway, headway on inner from 3f out, not much room approaching straight, ridden 1 1/2f out and no impression on leaders in 4th inside final furlong, kept on one pace (op 15/2)
Chased leaders, 3rd halfway, ridden in 2nd over 2f out and no extra when short of room on inner into straight, dropped to 6th inside final furlong and kept on again towards finish (op 8/1)
Held up in touch, 6th halfway, headway behind leaders into 3rd over 2f out, ridden into straight and soon no extra under pressure in 5th, weakened (op 9/2 tchd 4/1)
Settled behind leader, 2nd halfway, ridden over 3f out and soon no extra under pressure, weakened quickly before straight and eased, tailed off (jockey said the gelding hung badly throughout) (op 20/1 tchd 22/1)
10 ran
Off time:
5:30:52
Winning time:
2m 40.02s (slow by 4.02s)
Total SP:
124%
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