Prominent, led 2nd, headed before 5th, not fluent 7th, ridden before straight, went second 4 out, awkward jump 3 out, challenging last, soon led, stayed on (op 15/8 tchd 7/4)
In rear, struggling 9th, bad mistake 11th, pulled up 12th (jockey said gelding made a bad mistake at second last fence in back straight on final circuit) (op 18/1 tchd 22/1)
Held up in rear, headway 5th, led 8th, jumped right 11th, headed before 4 out, soon eased and pulled up (jockey said gelding lost his action; vet said a post-race examination revealed no abnormalities) (op 4/1)
Midfield, not fluent 6th, lost position with one circuit to go, outpaced 10th, lost touch 12th, tailed off when pulled up before straight (vet said mare lost her right-fore shoe) (op 20/1)
In touch with leaders, pecked on landing and lost position 3rd, soon dropped to last, detached when pulled up with one circuit to go (jockey said gelding jumped poorly) (op 5/2)
7 ran
Off time:
3:40:22
Winning time:
6m 46.70s (slow by 1m 1.70s)
Total SP:
112%
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