Held up in touch in midfield, headway on outer over 2f out, 3rd and edged left under pressure over 1f out, driven and strong run final 100yds to lead near finish (trainers representative said, regarding the apparent improvement of form, that the gelding was better suited by the polytrack surface) (op 14/1)
Slowly into stride, held up in touch in rear, headway under pressure on outer to chase leading trio just over 1f out, kept on, not reach leaders (op 16/1)
Took keen hold, held up in touch in midfield, switched right and effort over 1f out, kept on well under pressure inside final furlong, not reach leaders (tchd 4/1)
Held up in touch towards rear, effort but plenty to do when forced to switched right well over 1f out, no impression (jockey said that the gelding ran flat) (op 11/4)
Slowly into stride, ridden along throughout, in touch towards rear, wide and struggling bend well over 1f out, behind final furlong (jockey said that the colt was never travelling) (op 5/1)
9 ran
Off time:
7:20:42
Winning time:
1m 25.64s (slow by 3.64s)
Total SP:
116%
DBI (SP%):
L [Stalls 1-3] 20 (36%) M [4-6] 43 (37%) H [7-9] 87 (27%)
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