Settled behind leaders in 3rd, 4th halfway, driven into straight and headway on outer to challenge entering final furlong, disputed lead under pressure well inside final furlong and led narrowly final strides (op 3/1)
Dismounted before start, soon led, over 1 length clear at halfway, ridden 1 1/2f out and joined under pressure well inside final furlong, headed final strides (trainer said regarding apparent improvement in form that gelding carried a lot of dead weight in hcap last time which may have led to flat run) (op 7/1 tchd 15/2)
Close up behind leader, 2nd halfway, ridden 1 1/2f out and under pressure in 3rd inside final furlong where edged slightly left, no impression on leaders closing stages, kept on same pace (op 7/1)
Waited with towards rear, disputed 5th before straight, ridden in 5th over 1f out and some headway into 4th well inside final furlong where no impression on leaders (op 9/2)
Settled behind leaders in 4th, 3rd halfway, ridden over 1f out and took closer order far side inside final furlong where not clear run briefly and checked slightly, no impression on leaders after and dropped to 5th closing stages
Held up towards rear, raced keenly early, disputed 5th before straight, driven under 2f out and no impression on leaders under pressure over 1f out, weakened and eased inside final furlong (jockey said gelding didn't let himself down on ground)
6 ran
Off time:
7:25:50
Winning time:
1m 41.91s (slow by 2.41s)
Total SP:
111%
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