Steadied start, held up in last, shaken up and still plenty to do 1f out, quickened and headway inside final furlong, went second and reminder inside final 110yds, ran on, no match for winner (Jockey said, regarding running and riding, that his instructions were to ride the gelding in a similar manner to how he rode at Lingfield on 22 December 2020 where he had held the gelding up. He added that the gelding jumped well and he was confident turning in that he would pick up the winner. He further explained that he started to ask for effort from 1 1/2 furlongs out, but he felt that the gelding did not respond as well as he thought and, in his opinion, felt slightly flat. Trainer's rep stated that they had spoken to Evans (trainer) and he was unhappy with the ride; vet reported that a post-race examination of the gelding, during routine testing, revealed that the gelding was one tenth lame on its left fore and right hind) (op 6/4)
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