SP: 14/1OR 106Wearing cheekpiecesFresh (100 days off)Won 0 of last 5—
towards rear, raced in last before 3 out, pushed along and headway after 2 out, went fourth home turn, challenging approaching last, led after last, ridden clear inside final 110yds (trainer's rep said, regarding the apparent improvement in form, gelding runs best fresh and the one hundred day break between runs helped to contribute)
SP: 13/2OR 108Wearing cheekpiecesFresh (117 days off)Won 1 of last 54.5 lengths
held up in rear, still plenty to do approaching last, ran on well and went fourth final 110yds, not reach leaders (jockey said mare was accidently hampered on the home bend)
SP: 5/1OR 96Jockey in form (4 wins in 14 days)Trainer in formWon 1 of last 512 lengths
midfield, headway when pecked on landing 3 out, challenging on outer after 2 out, weakened run-in (jockey said gelding made a bad mistake at the third last fence)
prominent, stumbled after 2 out, soon jockey looked down to see if something was amiss and eased (jockey said gelding mount ran up on heels owing to general bunching)
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