Led and pushed along briefly early until soon headed and tracked leader, disputed lead from before halfway, led narrowly 3f out, ridden over 2f out, strongly pressed under pressure inside final furlong where edged slightly right, driven out near finish (Mkt1: op 8/13 tchd 4/7; Mkt2 tchd 8/11)
Chased leaders, switched right 2f out going well, ridden to challenge over 1f out and soon not much room on inner, switched left behind leader well inside final furlong and not much room again, kept on (jockey said gelding ran short of room in the final furlong) (Mkt1: op 12/1 tchd 10/1 and tchd 14/1; Mkt2 tchd 10/1)
Chased leaders, ridden near side over 2f out to challenge, under pressure behind leader entering final furlong, held disputing 2nd well inside final furlong, no extra in 3rd close home (Mkt1: op 3/1 tchd 10/3)
Slowly into stride and pushed along towards rear early, driven in 9th after halfway, some late headway near side under 2f out, kept on well into never threatening 4th inside final furlong (Mkt1: op 28/1; Mkt2 op 28/1)
Kicked out before start, tracked leaders on outer and disputed lead briefly before halfway, driven almost on terms into straight, no extra under pressure behind leader under 2f out, one pace inside final furlong and dropped to 5th (Mkt1: tchd 50/1; Mkt2 op 50/1)
Held up in touch, pushed along in 7th after halfway, no impression on leaders under pressure over 2f out, one pace final furlong (Mkt1: op 33/1 tchd 66/1; Mkt2 op 66/1)
Got upset in stalls, slowly into stride and pushed along in rear early, last into straight, driven over 2f out and no impression under pressure in 8th 1 1/2f out, weakened (Mkt1: op 100/1 tchd 250/1; Mkt2 op 250/1)
Dwelt slightly and pushed along, improved to soon lead on outer until joined before halfway, driven and headed 3f out, soon no extra behind leaders and weakened quickly over 2f out, eased (Mkt1: op 150/1 tchd 250/1; Mkt2 op 250/1)
9 ran
Off time:
2:04:48
Winning time:
1m 33.89s (slow by 7.39s)
Total SP:
106%
Non-runners:
Royal Casamento (withdrawn; refused to load), Teed Up (withdrawn; got upset in stalls and ran loose after being unloaded)
Rule 4:
Royal Casamento and Teed Up were withdrawn. Prices at time of withdrawal 7/1 & 12/1. Rule 4 applies to all bets - deduction 15p in the pound.
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