Midfield, not fluent 3rd, headway and prominent before 10th, niggled along after 11th, pushed along after 3 out, ridden and rallied home turn, keeping on when not fluent last, ridden and stayed on run-in, led final stride (op 5/1 tchd 4/1)
Prominent, slightly hampered 9th, pressed leader 3 out, niggled along before 2 out, pushed along to lead home turn, 2 lengths ahead last, ridden and kept on run-in, headed final stride (op 12/1 tchd 16/1)
Midfield, headway and prominent 4th, joined leader 9th, led before 10th, niggled along and headed home turn, 2 lengths down last, ridden and kept on run-in, lost second towards finish (op 8/1 tchd 15/2 and tchd 10/1)
Travelled strongly, close up, mistake 9th, not fluent 3 out, soon lost ground, pushed along after 2 out, ridden home turn, weakened approaching last (trainer's rep said gelding had a breathing problem) (op 18/1 tchd 16/1 and tchd 22/1)
In rear, headway into midfield before 9th, going okay and prominent before 3 out, ridden and outpaced home turn, soon beaten (trainer said mare was unsuited by the undulating track at Hexham on this occasion) (op 17/2 tchd 10/1)
Soon led, mistake 3rd, niggled along after 8th, joined 9th, soon headed and lost position, dropped to rear after 10th, soon eased and pulled up (trainer's rep said, regarding poor performance, that the mare was unsuited by the drying ground on this occasion, which was officially described as soft, heavy in places; vet said a post-race examination revealed that mare had lost its right-hind shoe) (op 9/2)
Towards rear, headway and prominent before 5th, lost position and dropped to rear before 7th, niggled along after 8th, got behind after 10th, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out (op 18/1)
10 ran
Off time:
3:31:21
Winning time:
5m 34.91s (slow by 33.91s)
Total SP:
117%
The first in the back straight was omitted in all chases.
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