Held up in touch, mistake 4th, closed and chasing leaders when mistake 9th, pressed leader 3 out, ridden to lead narrowly last, soon driven and headed, kept on to lead again towards finish (vet said gelding had lost its left hind shoe) (op 10/1)
Chased leader after 1st, mistake 4th, led soon after 10th, headed narrowly last, soon driven back into lead, headed and no extra towards finish (op 10/1)
Took keen hold early, held up in touch, closed to chase leaders 9th, close up in 3rd and hanging right before 2 out, switched left after last, still lugging right and one paced after (op 12/1)
Took keen hold early, held up in last pair, landed steeply and stumbled badly on landing 3rd, not recover and well behind after, tailed off after 6th (jockey said gelding made a bad mistake at the third fence and lost all chance from then on)
Led after 1st until after 10th, 4th and beaten when went left and blundered badly 2 out, rider lost reins and veered off left, pulled up last (op 14/1)
In touch in midfield, pushed along after 4th, lost place and pulled up next, burst blood vessel (vet said gelding bled from the nose and had an irregular heartbeat) (op 5/6)
9 ran
Off time:
2:45:43
Winning time:
4m 26.40s (slow by 5.40s)
Total SP:
118%
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