Iceo's Imperial Cup win highlighted Harry Cobden's strengths around Sandown
A field of 16 lined up in the Imperial Cup over two miles at Sandown on ground described as heavy after the meeting passed a morning inspection following a week of rain and snow.
Conditions were very testing and a lot of the jockeys in the big race got a feel for the ground when riding in the EBF Final 35 minutes earlier, and they would have been thinking how best to ride the course from a pace and position perspective.
From the two-mile start at Sandown you're going in a nice straight line and no matter how big the field is, the runners spread out over the first two hurdles.
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