Led, jumped slightly left at times, extended lead from 4th, 4 lengths clear before 7th, pressed closely 3 out, jumped left 2 out, joined and headed briefly from last until soon regained advantage going best, soon ridden and kept on well, all out (op 10/1)
Mid-division, jumped slightly left 2nd and bunped rival, close 6th before 2 out, pushed along in 4th after last where slightly hampered and soon went 3rd, kept on under pressure into close 2nd close home, held
Chased leaders, going well disputing 2nd before 2 out, disputed lead from last and led briefly, soon ridden in 2nd and under pressure run-in, kept on near finish, held close home where dropped to 3rd (op 9/1 tchd 8/1)
Mid-division, headway to chase leaders before 4 out, improved into 2nd after next, joined for 2nd before 2 out and soon lost place, ridden in 5th after last and no impression on leaders in moderate 4th into straight, one pace (op 9/1)
Towards rear, slight mistake and pecked slightly in 8th 3 out, close 7th 2 out where not fluent, still in touch when badly hampered last, no impression on leaders after, ridden into moderate 5th run-in
In rear of mid-division, bad mistake 5 out, pushed along before 2 out, no impression when badly hampered at last, no impression on leaders in moderate 7th after, kept on one pace into moderate 6th run-in (op 9/2)
Chased leaders, closer in 2nd before 6th, not fluent with jumping at times, slight mistake 7th and lost place, weakened after 5 out, eased and pulled up after 3 out (jockey said gelding never jumped and never travelled throughout this race) (op 6/1)
11 ran
Off time:
5:05:14
Winning time:
4m 54.70s (slow by 30.70s)
Total SP:
122%
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