On toes beforehand, held up behind leaders in 5th early, 4th before 3rd, closer in 3rd before 5th, improved on outer to lead 2 out where jumped slightly right and slightly bumped rival, pushed clear before last where in command, easily (op 2/1 tchd 9/4)
Led and disputed, narrow advantage after 3 out (normal 4 out), driven and headed 2 out where bumped slightly, soon no impression on easy winner under pressure in 2nd, slight mistake last and dropped to 3rd briefly run-in, kept on again into 2nd (op 7/4)
Chased leaders, 3rd from 1st disputed 3rd before 4 out, ridden in 3rd and no impression on easy winner after 2 out, went 2nd briefly run-in until soon lost place, kept on one pace (op 5/2 tchd 9/4)
Led and disputed, jumped slightly left at times, headed after 3 out (normal 4 out), soon driven in 2nd and dropped to dispute 4th 2 out where slight mistake, no impression on easy winner after 2 out, kept on one pace in 4th run-in (op 10/1 tchd 12/1)
Chased leaders, 5th before 4 out, pushed along and disputed 4th 2 out, soon ridden and no extra in 5th before last where slight mistake, kept on one pace run-in (op 25/1)
Held up in 6th, mistake 5th and bumped rival, driven and no impression in 7th after 3 out (normal 4 out), weakened (jockey said gelding met with interference on first circuit) (op 50/1 tchd 40/1)
8 ran
Off time:
4:10:50
Winning time:
5m 47.50s (slow by 20.00s)
Total SP:
118%
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