Held up in rear, steady headway from 6f out, led over 2f out, soon ridden, headed final 110yds, stayed on but no extra towards finish (tchd 11/2 and tchd 13/2)
Held up in last, became detached and pushed along 6f out, still plenty to do when ridden 3f out, hung right but good headway over 1f out, went third final 110yds, kept on strongly towards finish (jockey said regarding running and riding that his instructions had been to be jump well from the flag start as the gelding had been slowly away in the past, and then be positive. The rider added that after jumping off on terms the gelding had not handled the softer ground going down the hill and was suffering from the kickback which caused the gelding to become detached when the pace rapidly quickened, a fact he had reported at Scales. He further added that when encountering better ground and following encouragement the gelding ran on over the final 2f and was passing tired horses. The trainer confirmed the instructions and stated that he was satisfied the ride accorded with those instructions, adding that he was concerned the gelding was not travelling on the ground entering the loop before running on well again and passing, in his opinion, tired horses in the closing stages) (tchd 6/1 and tchd 7/1)
Held up in rear, headway from 4f out, ridden over 2f out, soon went fourth, disputing third 1f out, stayed on but no extra when lost third inside final 110yds (op 13/2)
Tracked leaders, led and increased tempo after 6f, ridden and headed over 2f out, disputing second over 1f out, weakened final 110yds (op 11/4 tchd 3/1)
Tracked leaders, disputing second when ridden 3f out, soon lost position, weakened over 1f out (jockey said gelding suffered interference rounding the home bend) (op 12/1)
Took keen hold, midfield, headway to pressed leader and increased tempo after 6f, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out (jockey said gelding ran too freely) (op 10/1 tchd 9/1)
Placepot:
£140.60 to a £1 stake. Pool: £54,151.67 - 281.47 winning units
Quadpot:
£57.50 to a £1 stake. Pool: £11,130.98 - 143.15 winning units
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