Took keen hold, towards rear, in touch with leaders when mistake 5th, prominent before 10th, pressed leader 3 out, going best when led 2 out, went clear approaching last, shaken up run-in, readily (op 9/2)
Took keen hold, in touch with leaders, short of room when prominent before 3 out, shaken up and not fluent when pressed leader 2 out, went second approaching last, ridden and kept on run-in (op 11/1)
Took keen hold, in touch with leaders on outer, prominent after 7th, pressed leader 10th, led 3 out, shaken up when headed 2 out, ridden and no extra approaching last (op 14/1)
Led, headed but pressed leader 5th, prominent when shaken up before 10th, pushed along when switched right before 2 out, ridden and kept on run-in (op 16/1)
In touch with leaders, not fluent when prominent 6th, pressed leader from 7th, led 9th, mistake and headed 10th, soon shaken up, lost position before 2 out, weakened gradually approaching last (tchd 12/1)
Towards rear of midfield, in rear when not fluent 6th, shaken up and some headway when not fluent 3 out, pushed along when in touch with leaders approaching last, kept on
Towards rear of midfield, hit 4th, soon towards rear, headway before 9th, shaken up and pressed leader on outer when not fluent 10th, not fluent 3 out, soon pushed along and lost ground, weakened approaching last (tchd 12/1)
Held up in rear, not fluent 6th, headway on outer after 9th, in touch with leaders when not fluent 10th, not fluent and lost ground 3 out, soon weakened (op 8/1 tchd 13/2)
Jumped right on occasions, raced in second, led narrowly 5th, mistake and headed 9th, soon shaken up, led again 10th, pushed along when headed 3 out, lost position before 2 out, soon weakened (op 22/1 tchd 33/1)
In touch with leaders, not fluent when prominent 6th, shaken up before 3 out, lost ground before 2 out, soon weakened, finished lame (vet said gelding finished lame on his left-fore) (op 6/1)
Didn't jump with fluency, in touch with leaders, towards rear after 3rd, headway before 7th, lost position 9th, mistake 10th, soon pushed along and struggling (op 7/1)
Prominent, mistake 7th, soon shaken up and lost position, not fluent when towards rear 8th, shaken up before 10th, not fluent 3 out, soon no chance (trainer said gelding made a bad mistake at the seventh fence and never travelled thereafter) (op 15/2 tchd 8/1)
12 ran
Off time:
2:17:05
Winning time:
4m 7.32s (slow by 7.32s)
Total SP:
119%
Non-runners:
Da Vinci Hand (withdrawn; refused to line up)
Rule 4:
Da Vinci Hand was withdrawn. Price at time of withdrawal 22/1. Rule 4 does not apply.
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