Slowly into stride, held up in touch in last pair, pushed along and switched left over 2f out, switched right and edging left over 1f out, strong run under pressure to lead close home (op 16/1)
Chased leaders, effort entering final 2f, driven and stayed on to challenge just inside final furlong, led well inside final furlong, headed and no extra close home (op 5/1)
Held up in touch in midfield, 5th and ridden over 2f out, hung left bend 2f out, headway to chase leaders inside final furlong, stayed on same pace final 100yds (jockey said the colt hung badly left throughout) (tchd 11/8)
Slowly into stride, soon recovered to chase leaders, ridden over 3f out, lost place and well beaten 2f out, weakened over 1f out (jockey said the gelding moved poorly throughout; vet reported that a post-race examination of the gelding failed to reveal any abnormalities)
7 ran
Off time:
3:10:21
Winning time:
2m 2.78s (slow by 1.48s)
Total SP:
113%
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