Held up in rear, smooth headway into midfield 9th, disputed lead going easily 3 out, led home turn, shaken up before last, pushed out run-in, won going away (trainer said, regarding the apparent improvement in form, that gelding benefited from the step up in trip from 2m to 3m1f) (op 25/1 tchd 28/1)
In touch with leaders on inner, not fluent 1st, hit 6th, lost position before 4 out, rallying before 2 out, went second before last, no match for winner (op 4/1 tchd 9/2)
Prominent, not fluent 5th, briefly disputed lead 6th, disputed lead 3 out, ridden but pressed leader home turn, no extra when lost second before last, weakened gradually run-in (op 40/1)
Took keen hold, held up in last, headway into midfield after 3rd, in touch with leaders when not fluent 3 out, raced wide home turn, keeping on 2 out, no extra when pecked on landing last, weakened run-in (op 10/3)
Led at steady pace, joined briefly 6th, awkward jump 7th, niggled along briefly with one circuit to go, faced challenges when bad mistake 3 out, soon headed and lost ground, weakened quickly before 2 out, pulled up before last (jockey said gelding made a mistake at 3rd last hurdle) (op 10/3 tchd 11/4)
12 ran
Off time:
3:06:04
Winning time:
6m 35.43s (slow by 15.43s)
Total SP:
119%
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