Held up in rear, smooth headway before 10th, going easily before 3 out, shaken up and disputed lead 2 out, soon led, wandered around when ridden approaching last, good jump last, went clear run-in, readily (trainer's rep said, regarding apparent improvement in form, that the gelding benefitted from the first-time application of blinkers) (op 6/1)
Tracked leader, hit 9th, niggled along after 10th, led before 3 out, ridden and hard pressed before 2 out, joined 2 out, soon headed, held approaching last, weakened quickly run-in (op 6/1)
Prominent, not fluent and pushed along 9th, rallying when slow jump 10th, ridden and outpaced before 3 out, well held when jumped left 2 out, stayed on approaching last, went poor third inside final 110yds (op 11/10 tchd 6/5)
Raced in last, not fluent 2nd, cajoled along with one circuit to go, ridden 10th, brief headway before 3 out, ridden before 2 out, soon no impression (op 11/1)
Midfield, niggled along 3rd, pushed along and dropped to rear 4th, soon eased and pulled up quickly (jockey said gelding lost his action; vet reported that a post-race examination revealed the gelding had a small wound on his left hind) (op 5/1)
7 ran
Off time:
3:45:32
Winning time:
4m 53.75s (slow by 1.75s)
Total SP:
114%
Fence at the top of the hill was omitted throughout the card due to worn ground
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