Held up in rear, headway on outer home turn, went fourth and keeping on 2 out, led and jumped left last, ridden and edged left but went clear run-in, kept on (trainer said, regarding the apparent improvement in form, that gelding suffered interference late on in the race at Sandown, resulting in the rider pulling up) (tchd 33/1)
Prominent, disputing second home turn, led 3 out, pushed along and not fluent 2 out, ridden and headed when mistake last, kept on but held run-in (op 12/1)
Towards rear of midfield, short of room and hampered soon after start, not fluent 6th, headway and in touch with leaders home turn, ridden after 2 out, went fourth and kept on run-in (op 22/1)
Held up in rear, not fluent 1st, headway on outer home turn, mistake 3 out, ridden and prominent when carried left and bit short of room 2 out, weakened last
Led at fast pace, not fluent 2nd, clear with one other with one circuit to go, headed 3 out, kept on until no extra and beaten when mistake last, weakened run-in (op 9/1)
Prominent, good jump and pressed leader 1st, clear with one other with one circuit to go, hit 5th, lost position 3 out, behind from 2 out (trainer said gelding was unsuited by the going, which was officially described as soft and would prefer a quicker surface)
Never better than mid-division, edged left and hampered rival soon after start, hampered by faller 6th, dropped to last and well behind 3 out, tailed off (op 66/1)
Always towards rear, not fluent 1st, dropped to last and detached when pushed along with one circuit to go, well behind when pulled up before 3 out (trainer could offer no explanation for the poor form shown other than gelding can be inconsistent; vet reported that a post-race examination failed to reveal any abnormalities) (op 13/2)
Pressed leader, mistake when lost second and prominent 1st, pushed along and lost position after 5th, behind when pulled up before 3 out (trainer said gelding was never travelling on the going, which was officially described as soft and would prefer a quicker surface) (op 20/1)
Prominent, reminder before 3rd, lost position and pushed along with one circuit to go, dropped to last and pulled up 5th (jockey said gelding was never travelling) (op 18/1)
Placepot:
£272.75 to a £1 stake. Pool: £553,672.00 - 2,029.98 winning units
Quadpot:
£48.16 to a £1 stake. Pool: £35,979.84 - 747.02 winning units
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