Last odds: 10/1Wearing hoodBack after 161 days offWon 1 of last 59.5 lengths
took keen hold, midfield, headway 3 out, soon went fourth, ridden after 2 out, kept on until no extra from last (jockey said gelding wears a hood and has a history of being keen, so his instructions were to get the gelding settled and ensure he was finding the line at the end of the race, jockey added the gelding ran too freely through the first few hurdles and never entirely relaxed throughout, however jumped relatively well until the home straight and was able to improve his mid-race position to be racing the leaders rounding the home bend, jockey added the gelding guessed the third-last hurdle and was untidy, causing the gelding to land flat losing ground and momentum in the process, jockey added the gelding had been outpaced and failed to respond to his firm hands-and-heels urgings on the approach to the second-last, prompting him to keep a good hold of the horse's head in order to see a better stride at the final two hurdles, however the gelding reached for the second-last hurdle, before getting in tight to the last hurdle and thereafter failed to finish his race off when held on the run-in, which was noted; vet said a post-race examination failed to reveal any abnormalities)
Last odds: 40/1Wearing hoodJockey in form (3 wins in 14 days)Won 0 of last 570.8 lengths
prominent, jumped right 1st, ridden before 3 out, soon weakened, tailed off
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