Midfield, edged left soon after start, prominent in chasing group when mistake 8th, ridden and went third after 3 out, keeping on when went second towards near side from 2 out, ran on to lead after last, won going away (op 4/1 tchd 5/1)
Pushed along briefly, soon led, joined when not fluent 1st, soon headed but prominent, mistake 4th, joined leader 5 out, led 4 out, soon clear, pushed along before 2 out, reduced lead when ridden after 2 out, not fluent last, soon headed and no extra (op 50/1)
Midfield and pushed along briefly, lost position when short of room on inner soon after start, headway and prominent in chasing group 8th, pushed along after 4 out, went second after 3 out, lost second from 2 out, soon ridden and no extra (op 8/1 tchd 7/1)
Didn't jump with fluency, disputed lead early, midfield 7th, jumped slightly right 8th, mistake 5 out, pushed along when headway 3 out, kept on and went modest fourth towards finish (op 16/1)
Didn't jump with fluency, towards rear early, midfield 8th, headway when pecked on landing 4 out, keeping on when mistake 3 out, soon ridden, no extra after 2 out, lost fourth towards finish (tchd 9/2 and tchd 11/2)
Towards rear, minor headway when hampered after 5 out, midfield when mistake 3 out, kept on before 2 out, never dangerous (jockey said gelding made a bad mistake at the first fence, jumped sticky and never got into a rhythm thereafter and received interference at the fifth last fence) (op 18/1 tchd 16/1)
In rear throughout, didn't jump with fluency, detached after 5th, slow jump 7th, soon pushed along briefly and reminder, no impression when not fluent 4 out (op 20/1 tchd 18/1)
Jumped right, didn't jump well, raced freely, joined leader when jumped right 1st, soon led, clear 6th, mistake and joined 5 out, headed 4 out, mistake and weakened 3 out, soon pulled up (jockey said gelding made a bad mistake at the third last fence) (op 25/1)
Prominent early, dropped to midfield 7th, lost position when hampered after 5 out, pulled up before 4 out (vet reported the gelding to be post race normal) (op 13/2 tchd 4/1)
Always towards rear, not fluent when jumped slightly right 8th, pushed along briefly and no extra after 5 out, jumped slightly right when pecked on landing 4 out, pulled up 3 out (op 22/1 tchd 14/1)
Midfield early, prominent in chasing group when mistake 6th, not fluent 7th, mistake and pecked on landing 8th, soon weakened quickly, mistake 9th, soon pulled up (jockey said gelding slipped on landing at the fence past the stand on the second circuit) (op 17/2 tchd 8/1 and tchd 11/1)
16 ran
Off time:
3:59:58
Winning time:
4m 54.40s (slow by 4.40s)
Total SP:
134%
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