Held up, headway 7th, not clear run bend after 9th, chased leader next, led approaching 3 out, soon clear, easily (trainer could offer no explanation for gelding's improved form) (tchd 7/1)
Chased leader to 2nd, remained handy, went 2nd again 7th, led next, ridden and headed approaching 3 out, stayed on same pace from next (op 16/1 tchd 12/1)
Led until after 2nd, chased leader to 7th, went upsides briefly and not fluent 9th, lost 2nd before next, ridden after 13th, weakened before 3 out (op 4/1)
Not fluent and jumped left at times, led after 2nd, headed 8th, lost place approaching 10th, weakened 13th, behind when pulled up before 3 out (jockey said the gelding stopped quickly; trainer's representative said a post-race endoscopic examination found the gelding to have bled) (op 4/1 tchd 10/3)
8 ran
Off time:
6:30:42
Winning time:
5m 12.70s (slow by 10.70s)
Total SP:
117%
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