Burbero was taken back from his wide barrier to last before improving his position in the middle stages, eventually settling down in eighth position on the fence on the back of San Diego. He travelled well into the race and stayed on the fence when turning for home ending up on the back of the leader Ninth Legion. He then took another run back towards the fence and finished gamely to get the bob in to beat Ninth Legion right on the line. Ninth Legion led at a good tempo. He was a clear leader on straightening and battled on really well under his top weight to just go under right on the line. A really game effort. San Diego was a little slowly away but he recovered quickly to settle down in fifth position on the fence. He over-raced a little in the middle stages before switching off the fence on cornering. He was held up for a run before getting into the clear at the 300m. He finished on really gamely between runners to just miss. A sound effort in defeat.