In touch with leaders, not fluent 9th, not fluent 5 out, headway 4 out, soon went second, pushed along and led narrowly after 3 out, ridden approaching last, headed last, stayed on and led again towards finish (trainer said, regarding the apparent improvement in form, that he was pleased with gelding's previous run, as gelding had jumped well on his chase debut and added that because gelding had jumped well previously he was ridden more prominently on this occasion) (op 12/1 tchd 16/1)
Towards rear, headway 9th, soon in touch with leaders on outer, pushed along before 4 out, ridden and outpaced after 4 out, rallied after 2 out, stayed on and went third inside final 110yds (op 9/4 tchd 5/2)
Raced freely, pressed leader, prominent after 4th, not fluent 3 out, soon pushed along, went third 2 out, ridden and weakened run-in, lost third inside final 110yds (op 14/1 tchd 12/1)
Didn't jump with fluency, always towards rear, behind when pulled up before 4 out (trainer's rep said, regarding the poor form shown, that gelding was never jumping and made several bad mistakes which was noted; vet said a post-race examination failed to reveal any abnormalities) (op 9/2)
12 ran
Off time:
2:40:32
Winning time:
5m 23.71s (slow by 26.71s)
Total SP:
124%
First fence in back straight omitted - ground being under repair
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