Led at steady pace from 1st and jumped best, began to draw clear before 15th, pushed along and idling from 2 out, 16 lengths ahead last, soon heavily eased (op 2/1)
In last pair, slow 9th, ridden and outpaced before 15th, left moderate 3rd and put off and very slow away from next, plugged into 2nd at last and very flattered by proximity to winner
Led until 1st, tending to stutter into fences until halfway and again when shaken up at 13th, pressed winner, driven and outpaced by him before 15th, poor 2nd from 2 out until last (tchd 9/4)
Chased leading pair, driven and outpaced before 15th, poor last when not fluent 2 out, still every chance of remote 2nd when sprawled badly on landing last (op 10/3)
Last pair, awkward 10th and 14th, ridden and outpaced when going 3rd before next, on and off bridle and still 6 lengths 3rd but not neccesarily out of it when landed badly and nearly lost rider 3 out and immediately pulled up (jockey said gelding made a bad mistake at the third last and was pulled up thereafter) (op 4/1)
5 ran
Off time:
2:51:15
Winning time:
6m 29.40s (slow by 25.40s)
Total SP:
114%
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