Pulled hard, prominent, led after 3rd, headed when jumped left and bumped 4th, going best and led again before 2 out, faced challenge after last, kept on well and went clear again final 110yds, readily (op 10/3 tchd 7/2)
Led, headed when ran green and hampered 1st, prominent from 2nd, disputing second when not fluent 2 out, hung left approaching last, no extra run-in (op 5/4 tchd 10/11)
Midfield, outpaced 2 out, headway approaching last, stayed on run-in (jockey said mare hung right-handed throughout and made a respiratory noise) (op 33/1 tchd 40/1)
Held up in rear, some headway into midfield but not clear run after 2 out, shaken up after last, no chance but kept on final 110yds (inquiry was held into running and riding; jockey said that his instructions were to drop in with focus of giving gelding time and getting into a rhythm in order to build his confidence throughout race; he continued that gelding has a habit of racing keenly and that he was running through his hands for the majority of the first circuit before Cairo King jumped across him at fourth hurdle, which had the effect of lighting gelding up, a fact he had reported at scales; thereafter his jumping worsened and rider added that on approach to second last, having begun to ask gelding for some effort, gelding made a slight noise, a fact he again reported at scales, resulting in him focusing on keeping the bit up in gelding's mouth to enable him to finish the race; rider added that once he had extricated himself from the aforementioned pocket, he was able to ride gelding through to the line, giving him a couple of flicks after the last, with gelding finishing race at the one pace, neither gaining nor losing any ground on Shibuya Song which he had followed up the straight; trainer confirmed instructions and was satisfied that ride accorded with those instructions; their explanations were noted) (op 16/1 tchd 22/1)
Jumped left throughout, pressed leader, hampered 1st, prominent when not fluent 2nd, weakened 2 out (jockey said gelding jumped poorly throughout) (tchd 80/1 and tchd 125/1)
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