Held up in rear, headway 12th, tracked leaders going easily 4 out, shaken up and switched left approaching last, pushed along to lead just after last, soon clear, comfortably (tchd 9/2)
Held up in behind leaders, not fluent 5th, good jump and disputed lead 10th, good jump and led clearly 4 out, pushed along after 3 out, hard pressed approaching last, ridden and headed just after last, stayed on, no match for winner
Close up, dropped to midfield after 1st, behind but some headway before 4 out, switched left and ridden 3 out, went remote fourth last (op 28/1 tchd 40/1)
Disputed lead, tracked leaders from 2nd, disputed lead 7th, not fluent 12th, soon pushed along, ridden and weakened before 3 out, lost fourth last (op 6/1)
Disputed lead, not fluent and pushed along 10th, soon tracked leaders, disputed lead 12th, ridden and weakened gradually from 4 out (trainer could offer no explanation for the gelding's performance) (op 3/1)
Never better than mid-division, stumbled 1st, pushed along briefly 7th, not fluent 8th, became detached from 11th, pulled up after 12th (vet said gelding bled from nose) (op 9/1)
Held up in rear, dropped to midfield after 1st, pushed along briefly 6th, became detached 11th, tailed off when pulled up before straight (jockey said gelding was never travelling) (op 13/2)
8 ran
Off time:
2:41:22
Winning time:
5m 46.80s (slow by 13.80s)
Total SP:
113%
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