In touch with leaders, headway 2 out, not clear run and switched right approaching last, soon pushed along and pressed leader, ridden and kept on well run-in, led inside final 110yds, just did enough (op 5/2 tchd 11/4)
Towards rear, headway 11th, outpaced 4 out, rallying when bad mistake and nearly lost jockey 2 out, not recover (jockey said gelding made a bad jumping error at 2nd last fence) (op 11/4 tchd 5/2)
Early mistakes and never going well, outpaced in rear, slow jump 10th, lost touch after 3 out, pulled up before 2 out (jockey said gelding jumped poorly) (op 6/1)
Prominent, lost position 7th, not fluent 8th, cajoled along 9th, eased and pulled up before 10th (jockey said gelding had stopped quickly and was never travelling; vet reported that gelding had an irregular heartbeat) (tchd 3/1)
6 ran
Off time:
3:05:46
Winning time:
5m 13.80s (slow by 11.80s)
Total SP:
113%
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