chased the leaders, was in 5th place at halfway, made good headway to go into 3rd place with 3 fences to go, was then hard ridden and ran on going to the last fence could make no impression on the leaders
took up the lead, went out to make all the running, was then hard ridden and strongly pressed for the lead going to the last fence was under strong pressure on the flat was just headed close to the finish
was well up with the leaders, made good progress to go into 2nd place with 2 fences to go, ran on strongly on the flat to take up the lead close to the finish