Held up in last, went 3rd 9th, hit 14th, smooth headway to chase leader approaching 2 out, led between last 2, jumped well last and readily asserted (op 10/11 tchd 4/5 and tchd 11/10)
Led and jumped well throughout, pushed along and strongly pressed by winner 2 out, headed approaching last, hit last quite hard, kept on but no match for winner (op 10/1 tchd 12/1)
Settled in 3rd, hit 10th, niggled along 13th, ridden and dropped to last 14th, driven and detached 15th, plugged on one pace from 2 out (vet said gelding suffered an over-reach to its left-fore, and also lost its left-fore shoe) (op 5/1 tchd 7/2)
Tracked leader early, hit 5th and reminders soon after, slow jump and quickly lost place 8th, pulled up before 11th (trainer could offer no explanation for the gelding's performance) (op 13/2)
5 ran
Off time:
3:55:00
Winning time:
6m 43.50s (slow by 22.50s)
Total SP:
110%
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