Prominent, went second before 3 out, led going easily 2 out, 2 lengths ahead last, pushed along run-in, idled towards finish, just held on (op 9/4 tchd 2/1)
Held up in rear, headway 5 out, went third going easily 3 out, went second and pushed along before last where 2 lengths down, ridden run-in, kept on well and just held (op 13/2 tchd 6/1)
Midfield, headway and prominent 2nd, disputed lead 3rd, led clearly 12th, not fluent 14th, hit 5 out, not fluent 3 out, ridden and headed 2 out, lost second and weakened before last (op 7/2)
Jumped right, led, joined 3rd, lost position 12th, mistake and ridden 5 out, lost second before 3 out, weakened after 2 out (jockey said gelding jumped right handed) (op 17/2 tchd 10/1)
Towards rear of midfield, mistake 13th, headway 5 out, not fluent 4 out, weakened after 3 out, pulled up before last (jockey said gelding stopped quickly) (tchd 12/1)
Midfield, bad mistake 5th, soon lost position and in rear, pulled up before 8th (jockey said gelding made a mistake jumping the fifth fence and was never travelling thereafter) (op 16/1)
In rear, ridden with one circuit to go, lost touch 4 out, tailed off when pulled up before last, bled from the nose (vet said gelding had bled from the nose) (op 17/2 tchd 11/1)
11 ran
Off time:
7:41:07
Winning time:
6m 17.27s (slow by 5.27s)
Total SP:
121%
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