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Midnight Entry to lead over the first five of 14 fences.
But heading downhill to the sixth, Hobson’s hold on the headstrong gray broke, and he found the sharp bend too much to negotiate on the soft going.
“I thought ‘bad luck for Simon — there goes our leader,”’ said Branscome of the front-runner’s surprise exit. “But Bay was still with me, and he looked like he had two handfuls of horse. I didn’t want to head him yet, so I stayed off his lead.” Midnight Entry jumped well to control the pace until five out on the far side of the course.
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