Upset in stalls, awkward start, took keen hold, held up in rear, headway 2f out, went second going easily over 1f out, cajoled along and made challenge final 110yds, led towards finish (op 15/8)
Midfield, pushed along and some headway 2f out, ridden and switched right over 1f out, weakened final 110yds (jockey said gelding hung right-handed under pressure) (op 9/1)
Slowly away, took keen hold, in rear, got well behind after 2f, never on terms (jockey said, regarding running and riding, that his instructions were to take gelding quietly down to the start and if they jumped well to potentially make the running; however, given the speed on paper in the race, ideally find cover and sit just behind the leaders; he said gelding jumped very awkwardly from the stalls and lost several lengths, a fact that he had reported at scales, and thereafter he was focused on getting gelding balanced and giving him the opportunity to travel into the race and as a consequence lost some additional ground in the first half of the race; trainer confirmed the instructions and explained that in his opinion the gelding had been upset by a horse in the adjacent stall being unruly during the loading process and then forfeited a significant amount of ground through jumping awkwardly and becoming badly unbalanced; trainer further added that gelding can be a difficult ride with a high-head carriage and a tendency to race freely and for those reasons, is not the type of horse you can chase along through the early stages) (tchd 11/2)
6 ran
Off time:
2:30:55
Winning time:
58.85s (fast by 0.25s)
Total SP:
110%
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