Starting price: 12/1Official rating 80Back after 155 days offWon 0 of last 5Raced here before—
midfield, headway after 4 out, jumped right and shaken up 2 out, led last, ridden run-in, kept on (trainer said, regarding apparent improvement in form, gelding benefitted from a break and the return to Worcester, where the gelding had run well previously)
Starting price: 3/1Official rating 86Won 0 of last 5Raced here before1.2 lengths
held up in rear, headway 6th, in touch with leaders after 4 out, going easily but tenderly handled home straight, lost ground 3 out, stayed on and went third run-in, eyecatcher (jockey said, regarding running and riding, his instructions were to drop the gelding out early, keep a good hold of the horses' head and take his time, before mounting a late challenge, adding that the gelding settled well and found a nice jumping rhythm, and he had been able to make ground easily mid-race when the pace steadied up, however made a respiratory noise towards the end of the back straight, which continued on several more occasions throughout the race, and had also hung badly right-handed, both facts he had reported at scales and which restricted his ability to be more vigorous in the home straight; trainer confirmed the instructions and that the gelding had been ridden in accordance with them, however whilst acknowledging the gelding had hung-right handed, he did express concerns over the manner in which the gelding was ridden specifically from jumping the last hurdle; trainer also reiterated that he had emphasised to the rider that he needed to be held together for as long as possible based on his analysis of the gelding's run at Exeter two starts back, where he didn't get home for a different yard)
Starting price: 12/1Official rating 82Wearing cheekpiecesTrainer in formWon 0 of last 58.6 lengths
held up in rear, good headway after 4 out, briefly disputed lead and jumped right 3 out, lost position and not fluent 2 out, mistake last, weakened run-in
Starting price: 25/1Official rating 94Wearing cheekpiecesTrainer in formWon 0 of last 5Pulled Up
prominent, not fluent 5th, soon lost position, weakened 4 out, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out
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