Travelled strongly, held up in rear, steady headway on outer 15th, went third 4 out, led narrowly and going best 2 out, shaken up before last, sustained duel with runner-up run-in, kept on towards finish, just did enough (op 17/2)
In touch with leaders, prominent 9th, led before 11th, joined 15th, soon headed, led again after 3 out, headed 2 out, rallied from last, sustained duel with winner run-in, just held (op 85/40 tchd 15/8)
Midfield, lost ground when not fluent 10th, soon reminders, rallied and in touch with leaders before 12th, disputed lead 15th, soon led, good jump 4 out, headed and lost second after 3 out, weakened from 2 out (op 9/1 tchd 8/1)
Midfield, not fluent 5th, headway and in touch with leaders 10th, prominent 12th, outpaced and lost ground before 4 out, weakened gradually from 3 out (op 10/3 tchd 16/5)
Prominent, lost position briefly 9th, dropped to midfield and reminders 14th, dropped to rear and struggling from 4 out, weakened quickly from 3 out, tailed off
In rear, awkward jump 1st, slow jump 3rd, dropped to last 6th, pushed along and struggling from 9th, tailed off when pulled up after 11th (jockey said gelding jumped without fluency and was never travelling) (op 7/1)
Midfield, pecked on landing 1st, headway and in touch with leaders 8th, lost ground quickly before 4 out, pulled up quickly before 3 out (jockey said gelding weakened quickly after 4th last) (op 16/1)
Led, headed and lost ground quickly before 11th, lost touch and pulled up after 13th (trainer said mare made a respiratory noise) (op 33/1 tchd 22/1 and tchd 40/1)
10 ran
Off time:
1:23:23
Winning time:
6m 54.60s (slow by 50.60s)
Total SP:
119%
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