Made all, narrow advantage at halfway, jumped right 7th, ridden with narrow advantage after 3 out where jumped slightly right, pecked slightly at last where strongly pressed, kept on well under pressure to assert run-in (op 4/1 tchd 9/2)
Chased leaders, closer in 2nd going well after 3 out, going best in 2nd before last, ridden almost on terms after last and soon no impression on winner, kept on same pace (op 7/2 tchd 4/1 and 3/1)
Waited with in rear, closer in 7th before 5 out, headway to chase leaders 3 out, pushed along in 5th before straight and under pressure in 4th between last 2, ridden into 3rd at last and kept on same pace run-in, never troubled leaders (op 8/1)
Chased leaders, 4th from 3 out, ridden in 3rd before 2 out and soon no impression on leaders under pressure, dropped to 4th from last and one pace run-in (op 10/1)
Held up towards rear until took closer order before 5th, checked slightly before next, 3rd from 3 out, ridden behind leaders before 2 out where slight mistake in 5th and weakened (op 12/1 tchd 14/1)
Chased leader early until settled behind leaders in 6th before 2nd where slight mistake, ridden in 6th and no impression on leaders before 2 out, weakened (op 7/1)
Soon chased leaders, not fluent 2nd and soon settled in 2nd, close 2nd at halfway, jumped right 7th and 4 out where pushed along, weakened under pressure before next, tailed off
Chased leaders early, dropped to 7th before halfway, ridden in 8th from 5 out and no impression, tailed off when slight mistake 3 out (jockey said gelding did not jump fluently) (op 4/1 tchd 9/2)
9 ran
Off time:
4:56:41
Winning time:
4m 27.70s (slow by 15.70s)
Total SP:
119%
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