Slowly into stride and behind, steady headway on outer 6f out, close up 3f out, ridden to take slight lead 2f out, driven entering final furlong, kept on gamely (trainer's rep said, regarding the apparent improvement in form, the gelding was better suited by the soft ground) (op 12/1 tchd 14/1)
In touch, headway 6f out, tracked leaders 4f out, effort and close up 3f out, ridden to challenge 2f out and every chance until driven inside final furlong and no extra towards finish
Tracked leaders, pushed along and slightly outpaced well over 2f out, soon ridden and stayed on approaching final furlong, nearest finish (op 4/1 tchd 3/1)
Tracked leaders, close up over 4f out, effort to dispute lead over 2f out, soon ridden and every chance until driven and no extra inside final furlong (op 10/1 tchd 9/1)
Tracked leaders, pushed along and lost place 6f out, headway on inner to chase leaders over 4f out, challenged 3f out, soon ridden and every chance until driven approaching final furlong and gradually weakened (op 5/1 tchd 11/2)
Held up, headway on outer 6f out, chased leaders over 3f out, ridden along over 2f out, soon driven and no impression approaching final furlong (op 7/1 tchd 8/1)
Held up in rear, headway halfway, in touch 4f out, ridden along to chase leaders 3f out, driven and kept on same pace final 2f (jockey said the gelding hung left throughout final 2f)
Tracked leading pair on inner, pushed along over 4f out, soon ridden and weakened over 3f out (jockey said filly suffered interference app 3f mark) (tchd 10/1)
Held up towards rear, good headway on outer halfway, close up 6f out, slight 3f just over out, ridden and headed 2f out, soon driven and weakened (op 12/1 tchd 10/1)
Led, pushed along over 4f out, soon ridden, headed just over 3f out, soon lost place and behind (trainer's rep said gelding was unsuited by the soft going) (tchd 28/1)
13 ran
Off time:
4:20:52
Winning time:
3m 6.00s (slow by 8.00s)
Total SP:
123%
Non-runners:
Gabrial's Star (unsuitable ground), Liberty Red (unsuitable ground), Pearl Castle (unsuitable ground), Ridgeway Storm (unsuitable ground)
DBI (SP%):
L [Stalls 1-6] 80 (47%) M [7-11] 50 (30%) H [12-16] 20 (23%)
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