Held up in rear, hampered 6th, headway 11th, pushed along 3 out, ridden and went second before last where 2 lengths down, stayed on to lead towards finish (trainer's rep said, regarding the apparent improvement in form, that mare had benefitted from two runs after a long break) (op 17/2)
Prominent, not fluent 2nd, not fluent 8th, went second after 4 out, ridden after 3 out, lost second before last, not fluent and weakened last (vet said gelding lost his right fore shoe) (op 4/1)
Midfield, hampered and bad mistake 6th, soon pulled up (jockey said gelding was badly hampered by jumping into the back of a rival at the sixth fence and therefore pulled up) (op 10/1)
Prominent, hit 4th, lost position 10th, mistake 11th, mistake and dropped to rear 5 out, soon ridden and struggling, pulled up before 3 out (vet said gelding lost his left fore shoe) (op 6/1)
Jumped right on occasions, midfield, mistake 8th, soon dropped to rear, pushed along and weakening when bad mistake and unseated 3 out (op 11/1 tchd 8/1)
9 ran
Off time:
5:56:35
Winning time:
4m 56.21s (slow by 4.21s)
Total SP:
116%
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