Mid-division, went 5th going well into straight, headway on outer to challenge in 2nd at last and kept on well under pressure to lead narrowly close home, all out
Tracked leaders until led after 1st, over 2 lengths clear 2 out where not fluent, ridden into straight and strongly pressed under pressure after last, headed narrowly close home and kept on well, just held
Close up until soon settled behind leaders in 3rd, 4th after 3 out, ridden in 3rd after next and slight mistake last, no impression on leaders closing stages, kept on same pace
Settled in mid-division, pushed along on outer after 2 out and no impression on leaders in 8th before last, ran on well run-in into never nearer 4th, nearest finish (op 15/8)
Held up in mid-division, not fluent 3 out, improved into 4th on inner briefly between last 2, not much room on inner in 5th before last, ridden into 4th run-in and kept on same pace, denied 4th final strides, never troubled leaders
Led and disputed until headed after 1st, 3rd after 3 out, ridden in 2nd after 2 out and no impression on leader before last where dropped to 4th, weakened run-in (op 16/1)
Chased leaders, mistake in 5th at 4th, weakened quickly after 3 out and soon eased, tailed off when pulled up before last, lame (jockey said gelding made a few mistakes; vet said gelding pulled up lame) (op 9/2)
12 ran
Off time:
2:31:12
Winning time:
3m 58.50s (slow by 13.50s)
Total SP:
127%
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