Chased leaders in 4th, closer in 3rd after 2nd, 4th at halfway, travelled well to track leader in 2nd approaching last, soon led, ridden out closing stages (trainer's rep said regarding apparent improvement in form that this horse had disappointed last time after some jumping errors but had come back to the yard in better form after his summer break) (op 7/2 tchd 3/1)
Raced towards rear until progress 2 out, travelled well in 3rd on inner approaching last where pecked, stayed on well into 2nd final 100yds, not reach winner (op 12/1 tchd 16/1)
Led, skewed badly on landing at 1st and headed, not fluent at next and dropped to 4th, closer in 2nd at 5th, ridden and no impression in 4th approaching last, weakened into 6th closing stages (op 5/1 tchd 7/1)
Chased leaders in 3rd until led after 1st, took keen hold, headed 3rd where slightly hampered and soon dropped to 3rd, dropped to 5th after 3 out, no impression approaching last where dropped to rear, no extra (op 11/1 tchd 12/1)
7 ran
Off time:
2:25:59
Winning time:
4m 16.80s (slow by 0.80s)
Total SP:
113%
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