Towards rear, headway from over 3f out, ridden and prominent when up the centre over 1f out, went second inside final furlong, kept on well and led towards finish (trainer said, regarding the apparent improvement in form, that gelding benefitted from being able to race with more cover on this occasion) (op 9/4)
Took keen hold, prominent, led soon after start, went clear from 6f out, 6 lengths ahead 4f out, much reduced lead from over 2f out, ridden inside final furlong, kept on but headed towards finish (tchd 11/8)
Took keen hold, in touch with leaders, headway from over 3f out, soon went second, lost ground over 1f out, ridden and lost second inside final furlong, soon no extra (op 3/1)
Travelled strongly, towards rear, on outer from over 3f out, headway when up the centre from under 2f out, shaken up when outpaced 1f out, soon rallied and kept on well, eyecatcher (op 17/2 tchd 8/1 and tchd 10/1)
Led, headed and prominent soon after start, raced in second but lost ground from 6f out, lost position over 3f out, lost ground again 2f out, soon ridden, weakened inside final furlong (op 18/1)
Awkward start, took keen hold, held up in rear, outpaced over 2f out, soon raced awkwardly, pushed along and kept on from over 1f out, never near to challenge (op 20/1 tchd 18/1)
Prominent, right stirrup leather snapped off and jockey lost irons soon after start, switched right to outer and eased over 5f out, tailed off (op 100/1)
7 ran
Off time:
4:20:23
Winning time:
1m 24.78s (slow by 2.78s)
Total SP:
115%
Non-runners:
Bobby Dassler (vet's certificate), Porfin (self certificate)
Placepot:
£28.30 to a £1 stake. Pool: £74,062.97 - 1,906.00 winning units
Quadpot:
£8.00 to a £1 stake. Pool: £8,038.78 - 735.27 winning units
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