Never fluent, chased leader until after 4th, 2nd again 6th, challenged and mistake 3 out, led approaching last, driven and hung left run-in, stayed on op 4/7
Led, quickened tempo and not fluent 11th, mistake 3 out, headed approaching last, held when slightly hampered and switched right run-in, kept on op 15/8
The winning start that BRAVE EAGLE made to his career over fences was hard to fault and at the weights he looks as though he’ll be hard to beat here despite his two rivals also having winning form over the larger obstacles. Both Jaleo and Exxaro have shown some flaws in their jumping technique and that leaves them needing to find something here if they are to get back on the winning trail.