Pressed leader, disputed lead from 8th, led before 10th, not fluent 4 out, sustained duel with runner-up from 2 out, ridden and kept on run-in, all out (op 5/1)
Led, led narrowly or disputed lead from 4th, led again after 8th, headed and raced in second before 10th, challenging before 2 out, weakening when not fluent last (op 12/1)
In rear but in touch with leaders, short of room and hampered 1st, headway before 7th, raced in fourth when not fluent 4 out, weakened gradually from 2 out (op 7/1)
Towards rear but in touch with leaders, jumped right 1st, jumped right and bumped rival 5th, slow jump 7th, some headway after 11th, struggling after 4 out, no telling impression (op 7/1)
Hung left throughout, towards rear but in touch with leaders, bumped 5th, dropped to last with one circuit to go, struggling when jumped badly left 2 out, soon pulled up (jockey said gelding hung right-handed throughout) (tchd 6/1 and tchd 15/2)
Pressed leader, led narrowly or disputed lead from 4th, lost ground after 8th, struggling from 11th, pulled up after 4 out (trainer's rep could offer no explanation for the poor form shown other than race may have come too soon having only ran 14 days ago; vet had nothing to report) (op 3/1)
8 ran
Off time:
3:37:07
Winning time:
6m 23.07s (slow by 30.07s)
Total SP:
115%
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