Travelled strongly throughout, chased leaders until joined leader 5th, led after 8th and made rest, shaken up before last, edging right under pressure but always doing enough flat, ridden out (op 17/2 tchd 9/1)
Awkward jump and in rear 2nd, steady headway 12th, 6th after 16th, 2nd 2 out and driven to press winner bend entering straight, kept on trying but never quite matching pace of winner, switched left towards finish
Jumped right, midfield, mistake 7th, chased leaders 12th, ridden before 3 out, 4th and struggling when jumped right, mistake and pecked on landing 2 out, weakened well before last (tchd 11/4)
Chased leaders, mistake 4th, lost place quickly 12th, behind when pulled up 14th (trainer said the gelding was unsuited by the good ground, which in his opinion was slower than the official description) (op 3/1)
Always towards rear, jumped slowly 12th, lost touch 15th, tailed off when pulled up between last 2, disqualified - banned substance in sample (op 40/1)
Held up in midfield, headway to chase leaders 13th, 4th and ridden after 16th, soon struggling and beaten 3 out, eased and tailed off when pulled up between last 2 (op 33/1)
14 ran
Off time:
6:41:53
Winning time:
7m 3.50s (slow by 21.50s)
Total SP:
120%
Following a BHA inquiry, Green Winter, who pulled up, was disqualified - banned substance in sample
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