In touch with leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, faced strong challenge inside final furlong, headed towards finish, battled back and led again post (op 9/2)
Bumped start, held up in rear, headway halfway, ridden 2f out, went second and made strong challenge from 1f out, led towards finish, kept on but headed post (op 14/1)
Slowly into stride, reminders early, in rear, pushed along and headway over 2f out, switched right and ridden over 1f out, went third and kept on inside final furlong, not reach leaders (jockey said gelding was slowly away)
Awkward start, midfield, short of room and hampered over 2f out, switched right and shaken up 2f out, edged left and slightly hampered inside final furlong, pushed along and stayed on final 110yds (tchd 14/1)
Midfield, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out, behind inside final furlong (trainer's rep had no explanation for the apparent improvement in form; vet said a post-race examination failed to reveal any abnormalities) (op 17/2 tchd 15/2)
11 ran
Off time:
5:51:36
Winning time:
1m 34.19s (fast by 0.01s)
Total SP:
120%
DBI (SP%):
L [Stalls 1-4] 46 (41%) M [5-7] 62 (34%) H [8-11] 42 (25%)
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