Made virtually all, clear with one other early, going easily before 3 out, shaken up when bad mistake and nearly lost jockey 2 out, soon recovered and ridden, faced challenge approaching last, went clear again run-in (trainer's rep said, regarding the apparent improvement in form, that gelding benefitted from a drop from a Class 3 to Class 4) (op 6/1 tchd 9/2)
Prominent in chasing group, mistake and dropped to rear 5th, headway home turn, ridden before 2 out, pressed winner approaching last, no extra run-in (tchd 20/1)
Prominent in chasing group, in touch with leaders before 7th, jumped right 5 out, going easily before 3 out, pushed along before 2 out, ridden approaching last, no extra run-in (op 5/1)
Prominent in chasing group, in touch with leaders before 7th, pushed along home turn, ridden after 4 out, mistake 3 out, soon weakened (op 10/1 tchd 7/1)
Chased clear leader, pushed along after 3 out, weakening when bad mistake 2 out, soon pulled up (jockey said gelding made a bad mistake at the second last fence before being pulled up) (op 9/2)
9 ran
Off time:
5:16:13
Winning time:
4m 7.74s (slow by 19.74s)
Total SP:
116%
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