Didn't always jump with fluency, in touch with leaders, mistake 1st, prominent 10th, pressed leader before 2 out, led after 2 out, ridden out run-in, won going away (op 5/1 tchd 9/2)
Took keen hold, in touch with leaders, led before 6th, good jump 3 out, 1 length ahead when bad mistake 2 out, soon headed, rallied run-in, no extra final 110yds (op 9/4 tchd 2/1 and tchd 3/1)
Held up in last, niggled along briefly after 3rd, some headway 8th, in touch with leaders 13th, went second after 4 out, lost second 3 out, no extra from 2 out, weakened run-in (op 9/1 tchd 10/1)
Disputed lead, led overall 3rd, headed but prominent before 6th, pushed along from 13th, weakened quickly after 4 out, tailed off (tchd 20/1 and tchd 25/1)
Disputed lead, prominent 3rd, lost position but going okay 7th, not fluent and dropped to rear 10th, tailed off when pulled up after 4 out (trainer could offer no explanation for the poor form shown) (op 11/2 tchd 5/1)
8 ran
Off time:
12:42:44
Winning time:
6m 28.56s (slow by 30.56s)
Total SP:
116%
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