Tracked leaders, almost on terms from before 4th, close 3rd from 6th, close 2nd after 5 out and disputed before 3 out where led narrowly, ridden and strongly pressed from 2 out, kept on well with narrow advantage run-in to assert in closing stages (trainer said, regarding apparent improvement in form, that on its previous run, the gelding shied away from the tape and was unable to get into a good position and did not enjoy being crowded thereafter)
Chased leaders, took closer order and disputed 4th 4 out, not fluent next and improved to challenge 2 out where mistake and pecked, ridden in close 2nd and every chance near side from last, kept on well without matching winner in closing stages
Mid-division early, raced out wide and improved behind leaders after 6th, disputed on outer before 3 out where mistake, pecked slightly disputing 3rd next and soon no impression on leaders in 3rd, kept on one pace
Chased leaders, slight mistake 6th, 5th before 10th, ridden after 4 out and no impression under pressure in 7th after 3 out, mistake next, kept on into moderate 4th after last, never troubled leaders
Led narrowly and extended advantage briefly after 2nd, joined before 4th, not fluent 6th where headed, 3rd before 10th, ridden disputing 3rd after 3 out and no extra from next where slight mistake in 4th, weakened run-in
Held up towards rear, mistake 8th, took closer order after 5 out, not fluent 3 out and pushed along in 9th, no impression after 2 out, mistake last, kept on one pace into moderate 7th close home
Close up and disputed before 4th, close 2nd from 6th until led next, mistake 9th, joined before 3 out where headed, ridden and weakened before 2 out, eased
Close up early, not fluent 2nd, disputed 6th before 10th where slow and lost place, reminders after next and no impression after 5 out, under pressure in 10th after 4 out, weakened and eased before next, completely tailed off
Towards rear, mistake 11th, took closer order briefly from 4 out, weakened before next where slow, trailing when refused at last (jockey said, regarding riding, that the gelding may have become distracted and taken his eye off the final fence, adding that he was confident at the time that it still had sufficient energy left to finish the race and would have pulled up had it been in trouble) (op 20/1)
18 ran
Off time:
3:10:30
Winning time:
7m 11.70s (slow by 56.70s)
Total SP:
134%
Non-runners:
Aurora Bell (reserve), Bonny Kate (reserve), Riverside City (reserve)
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