Towards rear, niggled along briefly after 5th, pushed along and headway after 4 out, pressed leaders after 3 out, soon ridden and outpaced, not fluent 2 out, rallied and went second before last, kept on to lead final 110yds (op 12/1 tchd 10/1)
Led narrowly or disputed lead, led overall after 1st, not fluent 6th, pushed along when not fluent 2 out, ridden and edged right but keeping on before last, no extra when headed final 110yds (op 2/1 tchd 13/8 and tchd 9/4)
Disputed lead, prominent after 1st, hit 6th, mistake 7th, pushed along 3 out, ridden after 2 out, weakening when edged left and lost second before last, no match for first two (op 15/8 tchd 2/1)
In touch with leaders on inner, awkward jump 6th, soon dropped to rear and struggling, tailed off when pulled up after 4 out (jockey said gelding made a respiratory noise) (tchd 40/1)
7 ran
Off time:
3:10:46
Winning time:
5m 27.92s (slow by 34.92s)
Total SP:
113%
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