Jumped well, travelled strongly, held up in rear, headway and prominent 5th, tracked leader cruising before 3 out, good jump 2 out, soon led, shaken up and went clear when jumped right and not fluent last, eased towards finish, impressive (op 28/1 tchd 16/1 and tchd 33/1)
Chased leaders on outer, pushed along briefly 4th, pushed along from 5 out, ridden and reminders before 3 out, soon outpaced, no chance with winner but rallied and went second approaching last, kept on well run-in (jockey said gelding was very tired crossing the winning line so he therefore dismounted the gelding immediately after the line as a precaution; vet said post-race examination failed to reveal any abnormalities) (op 4/5 tchd 11/10)
Tracked leader, not fluent 2nd, led 4th, not fluent 4 out, ridden and hard pressed 3 out, mistake 2 out, soon headed, lost second approaching last, weakened run-in (op 9/2 tchd 4/1)
Led until 4th, chased leader, lost position and not fluent 6th, soon ridden and reminders, well behind when pulled up after 4 out (tchd 18/1 and tchd 22/1)
6 ran
Off time:
2:33:26
Winning time:
3m 57.90s (slow by 7.90s)
Total SP:
110%