Didn't jump with fluency, held up in last, jumped left 1st, headway on inner 5 out, ridden 3 out, switched left to challenge when bad mistake 2 out, recovered and good jump last, hung right but led run-in, kept on strongly final 110yds, won going away (op 33/1)
Chased leaders, bumped 8th, blundered 5 out, made challenge going best 4 out, ridden 2 out, led narrowly last, soon headed, kept on run-in, no match for winner (op 9/4)
Led until awkward jump 1st, led again 3rd, hard pressed and ridden 4 out, headed last, no extra run-in (vet said gelding bled from the nose) (tchd 7/2)
Jumped left on occasions, chased leader until left in lead 1st, blundered and headed 3rd, jumped left and bumped rival 8th, soon dropped to last, niggled along after 5 out, eased before 4 out, tailed off (trainer could offer no explanation for the poor performance) (op 6/5 tchd 11/10)
5 ran
Off time:
2:15:45
Winning time:
4m 3.70s (slow by 13.70s)
Total SP:
111%
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