Sweating, in touch with leaders on outer, not fluent and niggled along briefly 5 out, soon lost position, going okay again and headway before 3 out, pushed along to lead before 2 out, ridden and kept on strongly run-in (op 8/1)
Held up in midfield, going okay when headway before 3 out, soon pushed along, switched right and ridden before 2 out, went second approaching last, not fluent last, no extra run-in (op 3/1)
Disputed lead, led clearly after 2nd, awkward jump 3rd, pushed along when overjumped 3 out, ridden when headed before 2 out, lost second approaching last (op 12/1)
Took keen hold, prominent, not fluent 2nd, pushed along when jumped slightly left 3 out, soon ridden but weakened quickly (trainer's rep said gelding ran too freely; vet reported a post-race examination failed to reveal any abnormalities) (tchd Evens)
Disputed lead, prominent after 2nd, pushed along and lost position after 4 out, jockey looked down to see if something was amiss before 3 out, soon eased then pulled up (op 80/1)
In touch with leaders, not fluent 1st, midfield after 2nd, ridden and weakened before 3 out, eased then pulled up before 2 out (trainer could offer no explanation for the poor form shown other than jockey reported gelding stopped quickly; vet reported that a post-race examination of gelding failed to reveal any abnormalities other than he had lost his right-fore shoe)
8 ran
Off time:
1:00:40
Winning time:
5m 55.40s (slow by 21.40s)
Total SP:
115%
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