Made all, not fluent 3 out, soon faced challenge and pushed along, ridden approaching last, 3 lengths ahead last, hard pressed run-in, kept on gamely (tchd 11/5 and tchd 5/2)
Towards rear early, headway and prominent 2nd, mistake and reminder 11th, ridden home turn, lost second 3 out, hung left and kept on run-in, went second again towards finish (op 6/1 tchd 5/1)
Prominent, chased winner and ridden 3 out, challenging when mistake 2 out, 3 lengths down last, kept on but lost second towards finish (op 20/1 tchd 11/1)
Prominent, slow jump and lost position 1st, dropped to last after 8th, jumped right 11th, detached 4 out, ridden and still plenty to do 2 out, 15 lengths down last, ran on and went fourth run-in (op 17/2 tchd 15/2)
Towards rear early, headway and chased leaders 2nd, ridden and outpaced 4 out, rallied 2 out, mistake last, weakened and lost fourth run-in (tchd 10/1)
In rear, pushed along and outpaced 3 out, soon lost touch, eased and pulled up before last, lame (vet said gelding was found to be lame on his right-hind) (tchd 12/1)
Prominent early, held up in rear after 1st, niggled along briefly 8th, ridden 12th, weakened 3 out, well behind when pulled up before last (jockey said gelding was never travelling) (op 4/1 tchd 11/2)
8 ran
Off time:
3:01:25
Winning time:
4m 51.43s (fast by 0.57s)
Total SP:
114%
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