Held up in touch in midfield, closed to track leaders over 2f out, effort and every chance 2f out, led under pressure 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, ridden out (tchd 5/1)
Took keen hold, chased leaders until went 2nd 7f out, led over 2f out, hard pressed and driven 2f out, headed 1f out, kept on under pressure but always held inside final furlong (tchd 5/2)
Held up in touch towards rear, effort in 6th just over 2f out, headway under pressure to chase clear leading pair inside final furlong, stayed on strongly final 100yds, not reach leaders (tchd 9/2)
Held up in touch in midfield, effort over 2f out, unable to quicken under pressure over 1f out, chased clear leading pair briefly inside final furlong, well held 4th and one pace final 100yds (op 7/1 tchd 6/1)
Led early, soon headed and chased leading pair from 7f out, not much room on inner over 2f out, effort 2f out, unable to quicken and beaten over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong (op 10/3 tchd 11/4 and tchd 7/2)
Slowly into stride, held up in last pair, effort entering final 2f, no headway under pressure over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong (jockey said colt was outpaced) (op 16/1 tchd 12/1)
Slowly into stride and short of room leaving stalls, held up in touch, shaken up and dropped to rear over 3f out, soon lost touch, tailed off (jockey said gelding was slowly away; vet said gelding had abnormal heart rhythm)
8 ran
Off time:
2:35:48
Winning time:
2m 4.56s (slow by 3.26s)
Total SP:
116%
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