Held up in touch in midfield, closed to track leaders and travelling strongly over 3f out, led on bridle over 2f out, clear and driven over 1f out, pushed along and much reduced advantage towards finish, always doing enough (op 4/1 tchd 9/2)
Dwelt and pushed along leaving stalls, midfield, effort in 6th over 3f out, went 3rd 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong to go 2nd towards finish, closing but never quite getting to winner (jockey said gelding was slowly away) (op 7/1 tchd 13/2)
Chased leader early, chased leaders, effort 3f out, chased clear winner over 1f out, kept on under pressure inside final furlong, lost 2nd towards finish (op 7/2)
Pushed along leaving stalls, chased leaders, effort over 3f out, unable to quicken under pressure over 2f out, plugged on under pressure inside final furlong (op 20/1)
Dwelt and pushed along leaving stalls, headway to chase leader after 1f until 7f out, soon pushed along and lost place, behind 4f out, rallied under pressure over 1f out, plugged on inside final furlong (jockey said gelding was never travelling) (op 10/1 tchd 8/1 and tchd 11/1)
Soon dropped to rear and detached in last, hung left 2f out, plugged on but never troubled leaders (jockey said gelding hung left-handed down the hill) (op 50/1)
Midfield, headway on outer to join leader 7f out, ridden and every chance over 3f out until outpaced by winner over 2f out, weakened over 1f out and faded inside final furlong (op 8/1 tchd 10/1)
9 ran
Off time:
5:25:54
Winning time:
2m 38.69s (slow by 12.89s)
Total SP:
117%
Placepot:
£48.90 to a £1 stake. Pool: £64,629.59 - 962.96 winning units
Quadpot:
£29.70 to a £1 stake. Pool: £4,873.44 - 121.09 winning units
DBI (SP%):
L [Stalls 1-3] 53 (21%) M [4-6] 54 (43%) H [7-9] 43 (36%)
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