In touch with leaders, wandered when took second 2 out, soon led, ridden after last, ran on well, just held on (trainer said gelding had benefited from a first-time hood)
Towards rear, headway from 3 out, raced wide home turn, challenging when bumped rival 2 out, every chance before last, ran on but no extra towards finish
Towards rear, headway after 3 out, outpaced 2 out, struggling before last, rallied and stayed on to take fifth on run-in (rider said gelding did not face the first-time tongue tie)
RaceiQ results data is now available for all British and Irish races. “Performance Bars” show how a horse fared against the field in each Race Metric, with a full bar indicating best-in-race, an empty bar indicating worst, whilst the black line shows the median.