Prominent, switched left from over 1f out, led inside final furlong, soon ridden and edged right, kept on (trainer's rep said, regarding the apparent improvement in form, that gelding benefitted from the step up in trip from 6f to 7f on this occasion)
Prominent, challenging from 2f out, led narrowly over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, soon carried right but no extra (op 16/1 tchd 9/1 and tchd 18/1)
In touch with leaders, lost ground after 2f, steady headway from over 3f out, kept on when prominent and up the centre final furlong (op 10/1 tchd 17/2)
Towards rear, steady headway from over 3f out, keeping on against near rail when not clear run and hampered inside final furlong, not recover (jockey said gelding suffered interference approximately 110yds out) (op 11/2)
Reared start and slowly away, took keen hold, in rear, pulled up over 3f out (vet reported that a post-race endoscopy confirmed that bleeding was the result of gelding rearing as stalls opened and hitting his head on top of starting stalls) (op 11/2 tchd 8/1)
8 ran
Off time:
3:46:20
Winning time:
1m 28.36s (slow by 4.36s)
Total SP:
118%
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