Raced in second, led 8th, pressed leader when headed 12th, lost position 3 out, rallied when left in third home turn, went modest second run-in, no match for winner (op 17/2)
Jumped right on occasions, led, pressed leader when headed 8th, led narrowly 12th, hit 16th, headed 3 out, weakening when mistake last, soon lost second (op 5/1)
Took keen hold early, prominent, not fluent 1st, pressed leaders 3 out, pulled up home turn (jockey said that he felt it prudent to pull gelding up rounding home bend as he felt something may have gone amiss) (op 9/1 tchd 8/1 and tchd 10/1)
Held up in last, headway from 14th, pressed leaders 4 out, weakened home turn, pulled up before 2 out (jockey said gelding was never travelling; trainer said that gelding may have ran flat on this occasion after winning a point-to-point only 12 days ago; vet had nothing to report) (op 15/8)
6 ran
Off time:
5:05:29
Winning time:
6m 33.42s (slow by 18.42s)
Total SP:
113%
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