Raced wide, held up in midfield, dropped to rear after 3rd, cajoled along and became detached before 8th, steady headway after 3 out, good jump 2 out, soon led, going easily and went clear home turn, went further clear from last, readily (op 16/1 tchd 18/1)
Held up in last, headway into midfield after 4th, close up going okay after 2 out, shaken up and outpaced home turn, 3 lengths down and keeping on when bad mistake approaching last, not recover (op 10/1)
Midfield, headway and tracked leader 5th, shaken up after 7th, soon rallied, disputed lead before 8th, headed before 2 out, weakened quickly approaching last (op 11/2 tchd 9/2 and tchd 7/1)
Prominent, ridden after 7th, disputed lead before 8th, led clearly before 2 out, headed by winner after 2 out, outpaced when hampered and lost ground quickly home turn, soon well beaten (op 12/1)
Disputed lead, led clearly 5th, ridden and headed before 8th, soon lost position, reminders and beaten after 8th, tailed off (trainer's rep could offer no explanation for the gelding's performance) (op 3/1 tchd 18/5)
8 ran
Off time:
4:05:32
Winning time:
6m 33.94s (slow by 53.94s)
Total SP:
117%
Non-runners:
Betterlatethanneva (travel problems), Dubh Des Champs (unsuitable ground)
Placepot:
£87.70 to a £1 stake. Pool: £37,156.21 - 309.11 winning units
Quadpot:
£30.50 to a £1 stake. Pool: £5,706.15 - 138.41 winning units
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