Close up, niggled along before 12th, lost ground after 13th, pushed along when behind before 3 out, left in third 2 out, ridden and went second approaching last, kept on well run-in, led post (op 11/4 tchd 2/1 and tchd 3/1)
Chased leader, nudged along and outpaced after 13th, lost ground home turn, 8 lengths third 3 out, soon went modest second, left in lead but badly hampered by faller 2 out, 4 lengths ahead and ridden last, got tired run-in, headed post (tchd 5/1)
Midfield, close up before 3rd, pressed leader 5th, not fluent 7th, disputed lead 8th, mistake 12th, led before 13th, going easily and went clear before 3 out, 12 lengths ahead when fell 2 out (op 6/5 and tchd 11/8)
Close up, lost position before 4th, soon niggled along, reminders after 5th, not fluent 7th, nudged along before 8th, behind when not fluent 9th, pulled up before 10th (op 33/1)
Midfield, not fluent and lost ground 5th, niggled along before 10th, pushed along and dropped to last with one circuit to go, pulled up before 12th (op 40/1 tchd 28/1)
Led, joined 8th, headed before 13th, soon niggled along, lost ground home turn, chased clear leader 3 out, tiring when left in second 2 out, lost second and pulled up last (jockey said, regarding if he had continued in the race when gelding appeared to be exhausted, that he felt gelding initially had enough momentum to negotiate the last fence, while still in contention, but realised shortly before reaching the fence that the gelding was too tired to attempt it and therefore pulled up) (op 7/1)
7 ran
Off time:
4:28:33
Winning time:
7m 52.35s (slow by 1m 21.35s)
Total SP:
111%
First of the three fences across the middle of the loop omitted due to ground conditions
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