Raced near side, in rear, smooth headway from 2f out, in touch with leaders when not clear run 1f out, rallied and squeezed through then challenging inside final 110yds, ran on well to lead final strides (op 14/1)
Took keen hold, raced near side, towards rear, headway from 3f out, prominent when hung left 1f out, soon led narrowly, edged left final 110yds, kept on but headed final strides (op 6/1)
Bumped start, raced near side, disputed lead, bumped 1f out, headed inside final furlong, keeping on when badly hampered inside final 110yds, not recover (op 15/2)
Raced near side, pressed leaders, keeping on when badly hampered inside final 110yds, not recover (jockey said gelding suffered interference in running) (op 16/1)
Slowly into stride, took keen hold, raced centre, in rear, headway and disputed lead after 1f, headed but prominent over 2f out, weakened gradually inside final furlong, 1st of 3 in group (op 17/2 tchd 10/1)
Raced centre, prominent, weakened over 1f out, 3rd of 3 in group (trainer was asked, prior to this race, to explain the reason why he was running gelding here on going described as good, having declared the gelding a non-runner at Newmarket on 3 May 2024 on ground with the same official description; trainer said he was happy as having walked the track this morning, in his opinion the ground was riding quicker on this occasion and was therefore happy for gelding to take his chance) (op 50/1)
15 ran
Off time:
2:40:49
Winning time:
1m 24.12s (slow by 0.92s)
Total SP:
123%
DBI (SP%):
L [Stalls 1-5] 54 (28%) M [6-10] 38 (29%) H [11-15] 58 (43%)
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