After the long uphill run it was torture to scale the ladder.

The Jimmy Mangan-trained gelding quickly drew clear when meeting the uphill run to the second last.

The uphill run was another story.

However, Walsh's mount gradually closed the gap on the uphill run to the line, eventually scoring by a neck.

It was an uphill run, and it seemed to her that it went on for a longer distance than anything could possibly go.

Both paths were grueling uphill runs.