Held up in midfield, jumped left 10th, headway to chase leaders 16th, challenged when jumped left, blundered and went badly left on landing 2 out, switched right and rallied to challenge flat, stayed on to lead towards finish (op 3/1 tchd 5/2)
Chased leaders 6th, went 2nd 16th, driven and every chance after 3 out, led bend before 2 out, went sharply left flat and soon hard pressed, hard driven and headed towards finish (op 5/1)
Chased leader until led 10th, hit next, ridden and headed bend before 2 out, 3rd and no extra when mistake next, weakening and mistake last, faded flat (op 6/1 tchd 9/1)
Soon behind, closed after 8th and in touch when slightly hampered 10th, outpaced 12th, never on terms with leaders after, well beaten 5th after 3 out (trainer said the gelding was unsuited by the good to soft and, in her opinion, drying ground and would prefer softer going) (op 11/2 tchd 7/1)
Chased leaders, mistake 4th, lost place and midfield 8th, dropped to rear and no response to pressure after 12th, well behind when pulled up after 14th, burst blood vessel (vet reported the gelding, which pulled up, had bled from the nose) (op 12/1)
9 ran
Off time:
4:25:25
Winning time:
6m 9.80s (slow by 20.80s)
Total SP:
114%
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