In touch with leaders, headway 9th, soon pushed along, disputing second 3 out, ridden home turn, 1 length down last, kept on strongly final 110yds, led towards finish (op 5/1)
Held up in rear, hampered 7th, headway 8th, prominent when mistake 9th, led before 3 out, hard ridden home turn, 1 length ahead last, kept on but headed towards finish (op 5/1 tchd 11/2)
Jumped left on occasions, held up in last, struggling and detached 6th, steady headway home turn, went fourth but well held when hit 2 out, stayed on (op 16/1)
Held up in behind leaders, headway 5th, ridden after 9th, weakened after 3 out, tailed off when pulled up 2 out (vet said gelding lost both hind-shoes) (op 10/1 tchd 9/1)
Jumped left throughout, didn't jump with fluency, raced wide, prominent, slow jump and dropped to last 8th, soon struggling, tailed off when pulled up 3 out (op 10/1 tchd 7/1)
Prominent, not fluent 8th, weakened after 9th, tailed off when pulled up home turn (trainer said, regarding poor performance, gelding was feeling the effects of a long season and would benefit from a break) (op 7/2)
8 ran
Off time:
5:00:24
Winning time:
6m 20.96s (slow by 15.96s)
Total SP:
113%
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