Waited with towards rear, slight mistake 1st, not fluent with jumping at times, pushed along before 3 out and headway to chase leaders next, ridden to dispute 2nd before last and ran on under pressure near side to lead on line (op 8/1 tchd 10/1)
Chased leaders, 4th before 4 out, went 2nd before 3 out and improved going well to lead from next, driven clear between last 2, ridden after last and reduced advantage, strongly pressed under pressure closing stages and headed on line (op 12/1)
Chased leaders, ridden after 2 out and closed under pressure to dispute 2nd before last, ran on from last to press leader between horses closing stages, just failed in 3rd (op 16/1)
Mid-division, slight mistake 2nd, improved to chase leaders after 3 out, not fluent next, soon ridden in 4th and no impression on leader when slight mistake last, one pace run-in (op 20/1)
In rear of mid-division, not much room behind horses before 3 out where slightly impeded towards rear, soon switched left and ridden, improved into moderate 7th after 2 out and kept on from last into moderate 5th run-in, never troubled leaders (op 20/1)
Chased leaders, pushed along in 3rd after 3 out and slight mistake next, soon ridden and no impression on leaders under pressure in 6th between last 2, one pace after (op 12/1 tchd 10/1)
Held up towards rear, some headway 3 out, ridden in 8th before next and no impression on leaders, one pace after (jockey said gelding never travelled) (op 9/2)
Led and disputed, narrow advantage 2nd, not fluent 4th, pushed along and headed before 3 out where weakened quickly, in rear when pulled up before 2 out
18 ran
Off time:
4:02:57
Winning time:
3m 58.20s (slow by 11.20s)
Total SP:
140%
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