SPARKLING FELLOW

Settled in 9th spot but less than 3Ls away from leaders, couldn't keep up final 250M and dropped out of contention.

Began only fairly, raced better than midfield on the inside, bumped near 600M, saved ground on turn, peaked early in straight, weakened final 150M.

Bumped on jumping, raced 2 wide better than midfield, 3 wide turning in, finished off strongly, just beaten by a neck.

Slightly slow out, raced towards rear, hard ridden after passing 250M, finished off strongly to take 2nd, just beaten by a narrow margin. (See Racing Incidents.)

Made contact with the right side of the starting gate on jumping, taken back to race towards rear on the inside, saved ground on turn, no clear run until approaching final 50M, made no progress thereafter.

Began well from gate 1, raced in midfield on the inside, saved ground on turn, kept on evenly in straight.

Made contact at start, raced behind midfield on the outside, 4 to 5 lengths back turning in, finished off evenly.

Taken back from gate 12, raced at rear on the outside, 6 lengths or so back, very wide into straight, made some headway in the run home.

Fast into stride, raced 2 wide better than midfield, there to turn, showed good response early in straight, led briefly 150M, peaked and headed 75M, weakened thereafter.

Jumped awkwardly from gate 1, raced behind midfield on the inside, peaked on turn, weakened early in straight. (See Racing Incidents.)

Bumped start, raced better than midfield on the outside, moved closer after passing 1000M, shared lead on turn, peaked and headed 300M, weakened inside final furlong.

Began only fairly from a wide draw, trapped wide in midfield, a bit closer after entering the back straight, 6 lengths back turning in, peaked early in straight, weakened thereafter. (Bled.) (See Racing Incidents.)