Held up in rear, pushed along 3 out, soon ridden and still plenty to do, headway and chased leaders just before 2 out, led just after last, kept on well (op 4/1)
Didn't jump with fluency, close up on outer, led when awkward jump 5 out, headed 4 out, ridden after 3 out, every chance approaching last, held but kept on and went second final strides (op 14/1)
Towards rear, headway and tracked leaders after 5 out, led 4 out, pushed along before 2 out, ridden after 2 out, edged left approaching last, headed just after last, no extra and lost second final strides (tchd 9/5 and tchd 11/5)
Jumped right on occasions, disputed lead, tracked leader from 3rd, raced wide from 8th, mistake 9th, ridden and dropped to rear before 5 out, soon struggling and pulled up (trainer's rep said gelding jumped right on the good, good to soft in places going that was quicker than ideal) (op 4/1)
6 ran
Off time:
3:41:29
Winning time:
6m 31.63s (slow by 10.63s)
Total SP:
113%
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