The whole field slowed down dramatically from before the last and got tired. They got home from the final jump more than a second slower than in the other two chases over the same course.

As had happened in the Gold Cup, Silviniaco Conti started to wander around as he tired. His jockey managed to straighten him up but he was leaden-legged as they approached the line and the third horse gained two lengths on him in the final strides.