Midfield, going okay before 2 out, headway and close up after 2 out, niggled along and pressed leader before last, soon led, pushed along when 1 length ahead last, ridden and kept on well run-in (op 9/2)
Towards rear, going okay before 2 out, headway and prominent after 2 out, pushed along and pressed leader approaching last, ridden when 1 length down last, kept on but always held (tchd 8/1 and tchd 9/1)
Prominent in chasing group, not fluent 6th, close up before 2 out, pressed leader home turn, soon led, niggled along and faced challenge before last, soon headed, ridden and no extra run-in (op 9/2 tchd 10/3)
Prominent in chasing group, close up before 2 out, pushed along and outpaced home turn, rallied approaching last, kept on and went fourth run-in (op 25/1)
Prominent in chasing group, close up before 3 out, nudged along and pressed leader home turn, pushed along and lost position approaching last, not fluent last, weakened run-in (op 40/1)
Midfield, mistake 2 out, pushed along and some headway home turn, soon prominent, lost position approaching last, rallied and kept on run-in (tchd 15/2 and 10/1)
Midfield, bumped 1st, not fluent 3 out, headway and prominent before 2 out, not fluent 2 out, soon pushed along, lost position home turn, ridden approaching last, rallied and ran on after last (op 9/2)
Prominent in chasing group, bumped 1st, going okay but lost position into midfield before 2 out, nudged along and outpaced home turn, pushed along and rallied approaching last, kept on (op 16/1 tchd 20/1)
Prominent, jumped left 1st, led after 1st, soon increased tempo, 6 lengths ahead 2nd, went further clear after 4th, reduced lead 3 out, 1 length ahead 2 out, ridden and headed home turn, soon weakened (op 28/1 tchd 40/1)
In rear, bad mistake 1st, jumped left and lost position 3rd, got well behind after 2 out (jockey said that his mount made a bad mistake at the first hurdle) (tchd 22/1)
Led, headed after 1st, soon chased clear leader, bad mistake 4th, lost ground quickly with one circuit to go, soon dropped to rear, pulled up before 6th, burst blood vessel (vet reported the animal to have blood at both nostrils post race) (op 11/2)
14 ran
Off time:
5:36:27
Winning time:
4m 39.70s (slow by 7.70s)
Total SP:
126%
Non-runners:
Goatitagain (reserve), The Mulcare Rover (reserve), Westernerona (reserve)
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