Towards rear of midfield, smooth headway 3 out, left in second 2 out, ridden and made challenge when not fluent last, kept on well to lead final 110yds (op 3/1 tchd 11/4)
Chased leaders on outer, headway and pressed leaders after 5th, led going easily before 3 out, ridden and faced challenge last, headed final 110yds, kept on (op 17/2)
Raced freely, soon raced in second, chased leaders from 4th, ridden and lost position after 4 out, kept on from last, went modest fourth towards finish (op 9/1)
Led, not fluent 2nd, briefly disputed lead after 4th, joined before 4 out, pushed along and headed before 3 out, ridden and weakened before last (op 8/1 tchd 9/2)
Always towards rear, ridden and became detached after 4 out, soon no extra, eased from 2 out, tailed off, finished lame (vet said gelding was blowing hard and was slightly lame left-fore post-race having lost a shoe in running) (op 11/2)
Held up in behind leaders, headway and chased leaders 4 out, disputing second 3 out, pressed leader going best when fell 2 out (op 13/2 tchd 6/1 and tchd 15/2)
In rear, good headway and chased leaders 3rd, briefly disputed lead after 4th, weakened quickly from 5 out, pulled up after 4 out, burst blood vessel (op 25/1)
12 ran
Off time:
6:55:30
Winning time:
4m 6.00s (slow by 17.00s)
Total SP:
127%
Non-runners:
Gone Racing (unsuitable ground), Good Reception (reserve), Kasakh Noir (unsuitable ground), Rich Belief (unsuitable ground), The Declaimer (unsuitable ground)
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