Prominent, lost position when not fluent 8th, pressed leaders after 3 out, pushed along when reminders home turn, went second towards near side 2 out, kept on well run-in (op 11/8)
Jumped right on occasions, held up in rear, jumped slightly right and pushed along briefly 4th, headway into midfield before 9th, nudged along after 3 out, keeping on before 2 out, went third run-in, never near to challenge (stewards inquired into running and riding; jockey said that he was instructed to drop his mount in, get him jumping and do the best he could; he further added that his mount jumped novicey early on before getting into a nice rhythm on the final circuit where his mount was outpaced when the leaders quickened up the pace on approach to the straight; he also added that his mount jumped right over the last two fences and stayed on one-paced to the line; trainer said that he was very happy with the ride and the performance of his charge considering it was his first run over fences; he also added that his charge has jumped right on some of his previous runs and hadn't been getting home; vet said gelding was found to be post race normal; samples were taken for analysis; having viewed the recording of the race and considered the evidence, the stewards noted the explanations offered but advised jockey to ride with more vigour in future) (op 7/1 tchd 17/2)
In touch with leaders, headway when pushed along towards near side before 2 out, ridden after 2 out, soon no impression but kept on (tchd 5/1 and tchd 6/1)
Briefly disputed lead, in touch with leaders before 1st, not fluent 2nd, mistake and pecked on landing 5 out, mistake and reminder 3 out, soon weakened, tailed off
Soon towards rear, not fluent 2nd, not fluent 6th, pushed along briefly after 7th, mistake and pecked on landing 5 out, reminders after 4 out, ridden and weakened 3 out, tailed off (op 150/1)
In touch with leaders early, not fluent 1st, towards rear when pushed along briefly after 4th, dropped to last when pushed along and reminders after 9th, mistake then unseated 5 out (op 150/1)
11 ran
Off time:
6:30:15
Winning time:
5m 51.30s (slow by 20.80s)
Total SP:
122%
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