Held up in rear, steady headway from 3 out, ridden 2 out, led and went clear approaching last, jumped right and slow jump last, soon faced strong challenge, headed inside final 110yds, battled on towards finish, led again post (trainer's representative said, regarding improvement in form, gelding was suited by the drop in the trip to 2m 178yds and appreciated a sharper track) (op 9/1)
Held up in rear, steady headway from 3 out, keeping on when hit 2 out, soon outpaced and ridden, switched left and ran on well approaching last, led inside final 110yds, kept on, headed post (op 6/1)
Held up in last, not fluent 3rd, slow jump and pushed along briefly 4th, steady headway from 3 out, made challenge before 2 out, led 2 out, ridden and headed approaching last, soon outpaced and hung left, weakened run-in (tchd 33/1)
Midfield, headway going easily 3 out, switched right and raced wide home turn, soon pushed along and outpaced, ridden 2 out, weakened approaching last (op 10/1)
Prominent, mistake 4th, soon cajoled along and lost position, ridden 3 out, soon dropped to rear, pulled up before 2 out, never going well (trainer's representative said, regarding poor performance, gelding was unsuited by Good ground, which was too quick on this occasion) (op 5/1)
12 ran
Off time:
2:00:58
Winning time:
3m 56.96s (slow by 10.96s)
Total SP:
120%
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