Pressed leader, led 4 out, not fluent 3 out, not fluent and headed 2 out, soon ridden and lost second, rallied and went second again inside final 110yds, kept on, no match for winner (op 6/4 tchd 5/4)
Raced wide, midfield, headway 3 out, going okay 2 out, soon went second, ridden and hung left before last, lost second and no extra inside final 110yds (op 11/2)
Held up in rear, raced wide 4 out, headway 3 out, shaken up when not fluent 2 out, ridden and outpaced before last, rallied final 110yds, not pace to challenge (op 15/2 tchd 7/1 and tchd 17/2)
Led, ridden 5 out, headed 4 out, ridden and struggling 3 out, soon lost touch, tailed off when pulled up 2 out (trainer said, regarding why he was running gelding here at Sedgefield on Good to Soft ground, having explained that the reason for his previous improvement in form at Chepstow on 5 February was that the gelding had appreciated the return to Heavy ground, that in his opinion gelding does need very soft ground and declared for today's race on Soft ground, but with a lack of current opportunities he was happy for the gelding to take its chance today) (tchd 5/1 and tchd 6/1)
8 ran
Off time:
2:20:50
Winning time:
7m 4.76s (slow by 44.76s)
Total SP:
115%
The penultimate fence in the back straight was omitted on all circuits (ground under repair)
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