mid-division, never nearer
behind from 5th, fell last
pulled hard behind, headway approaching 6th, ridden and every chance approaching 3 out, weakened flat
led 2nd to 5th, led again 6th, ridden and headed approaching 3 out, soon weakened
led to 2nd, stayed prominent to 5th, soon behind
mid-division, headway 4th, ridden to go 2nd 2 out, no chance with winner
pulled hard, behind, headway approaching 3 out, ridden 2 out, stayed on, nearest finish
pulled hard, always behind
mid-division, headway approaching 3 out, soon ridden, weakened 2 out
prominent, ridden and every chance approaching 3 out, soon weakened
held up, headway 5th, ridden and every chance approaching 3 out, weakened next
took keen hold tracking leaders, ridden 6th, soon weakened, behind when pulled up before last
prominent, led on bit approaching 3 out, comfortably
A maiden hurdle with limited amount of form to work with would generally be a difficult way to start off the day, however Unleash represents a confident selection in the opener. The four-year-old was a decent horse on the Flat for Sir Mark Prescott and has made two good efforts on his first two starts over hurdles. A reproduction of those should be good enough here, however it is more than likely he will improve further for a yard which is in fantastic form at present. Remington put up a much improved performance over this course and distance on his hurdling debut and it will be interesting to see if he can reproduce that level of performance. If he does he rates the main danger and holds both Tarboush and Transatlantic on that last run. The remainder look a moderate bunch with the exception of Kombinacja who is yet another Polish import for the Tom George yard. She finished a remote fourth at Kempton last time but that was a much stronger contest and she rates each-way value.
