Held up in rear, headway 3f out, clear with one other and challenging over 1f out, ridden when hung right and barged rival inside final furlong, led narrowly inside final furlong, just prevailed, finished 1st, disqualified and placed 2nd (op 7/2 tchd 4/1)
Midfield, headway 3f out, ridden to lead 2f out, faced strong challenge and clear with one other over 1f out, carried right and headed when bumped inside final furlong, just held, finished 2nd, awarded race (op 11/2)
Held up in rear, headway into midfield 4f out, ridden over 2f out, went third and hung badly left over 1f out, against near rail and no impression inside final furlong (op 7/2)
Took keen hold, held up in midfield, dropped to rear and ridden 4f out, no chance but rallied 1f out, kept on and went modest fourth inside final 110yds, lost shoe (vet said gelding lost its right-fore shoe) (tchd 14/1 and tchd 18/1)
Held up in midfield, pushed along over 2f out, soon ridden and outpaced, well held from over 1f out, lost shoe (vet said gelding lost its left-hind shoe) (tchd 40/1)
Chased leaders, ridden and every chance over 2f out, soon beaten, dropped to last and eased final furlong, tailed off (trainer's rep could offer no explanation for the gelding's performance other than the jockey saying the gelding had lost its action in the dip on this occasion; vet said a post-race examination failed to reveal any abnormalities) (tchd 15/8)
8 ran
Off time:
2:16:17
Winning time:
2m 5.73s (slow by 3.63s)
Total SP:
114%
Following a stewards' inquiry, Good Birthday who passed the post first, was disqualified and placed 2nd - caused interference. Master The Stars was awarded the race
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