Starting price: 11/10Back after 222 days offJockey in form (19 wins in 14 days)Trainer in form—
in touch with leaders, smooth headway after 3 out, not fluent 2 out, soon switched left and pressed leader, ridden and clear with one other approaching last, led inside final 110yds, ran on well
Starting price: 4/1Dropping to an easier raceBack after 243 days offJockey in form (5 wins in 14 days)half a length
in touch with leaders, smooth headway after 3 out, led 2 out, went clear with winner approaching last, edged right run-in, headed inside final 110yds, no extra towards finish
midfield, outpaced 5th, reminder 3 out, tenderly handled from 2 out, kept on approaching last, never on terms (inquiry held into running and riding; jockey said his instructions were to drop in towards rear with the intention of finishing strongly; having jumped well over first few hurdles, gelding was flat out as field progressed down the hill and into back straight, unable to make any ground on those in front; having jumped the third last he used his whip on one occasion and gelding began to hang right-handed and continued to do so up home straight; when questioned on his inactivity from turning in, he said this was down to gelding hanging; trainer's rep was unaware of the instructions which had been given by the trainer over the phone and had no further opinion to offer; jockey said he had spoken to trainer over the phone after the race and trainer was satisfied with ride, adding that the focus was on finishing his race strongly but having gone through gelding's previous runs with rider, there appeared to be little difference in tactics and/or riding, who despite already running the required three times over hurdles as stated in paragraph 13 of the 'Weights and Handicapping Code', had not been allocated a handicap mark)
Starting price: 15/2Wearing hoodBack after 211 days offWon 0 of last 580.0 lengths
pulled hard, raced wide, held up in rear, mistake 2nd, not fluent 3rd, outpaced 5th, mistake 3 out, weakened 2 out, tailed off
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