pulled hard, tracked leaders, led 3out, headed next, weakening when jumped right last, no extra
held up mid-division, headway approaching 6th, led 2 out, hit and driven clear last, comfortably
chased leaders, lost place before 3 out
hampered start, held up in rear, headway approaching 3 out, soon chasing winner, weakened before last
behind, headway to chase leaders approaching 6th, hard driven and weakened approaching 2 out
always in rear, pulled up approaching 6th
in touch, under pressure after 5th, soon lost place and behind
in rear when blundered and unseated rider 3rd
stumbled and unseated rider start
ONEMIX can take the opener on the card, while J'Adhere and Alwaysonthemove are respected in opposition. The selection was a beaten favourite when last seen out over a similar trip at Taunton. She receives the fillies' allowance, which is one plus, while she acts well on this ground and although beaten last time, she showed improvement for her hurdling debut. This is arguably an easier assignment and we will side with her. Alwaysonthemove showed some reasonable bumper form without winning but found his Sandown hurdles introduction too hot to handle. Even so, that experience won't have been lost on him and he could show more this time. J'Adhere won a Folkestone bumper first time up last year but has so far failed to live up to expectations over timber. He would welcome some ease in the ground, but is worth a try at this trip again and is not ruled out. Simone Martini would be interesting if backed on this first start over hurdles and his best Flat form would give him claims, though he has been on the downgrade in that sphere and this might be plenty sharp enough for him. Onemix is taken to score.
Alwaysonthemove 66-1 (11-1) Mid-division, ridden and headway after 3 out, weakened 2 out, 5th of 11, 30l behind Lush Life (11-6) at Sandown 2m nov hdl (3) gd in Mar.
Ardmaddy (IRE) 20-1 (11-4) Chased leaders, lost place before 5th, rallied before 2 out, never on terms, 6th of 17, 12l behind Exulto (11-5) at Wincanton 2m hcp hdl 0-105 (4) gf in Apr.
Goring Two (IRE) 100-1 (10-13) Prominent until weakened before 7th, 11th of 12, well behind Sarando (11-4) at Lingfield 2m 3f nh nov hdl (4) hvy in Feb.
J'Adhere (FR) 8-1 (10-10) Held up in rear, took keen hold, not fluent 1st or 3rd, headway after 6th, chased winner 4 out, no impression when hit 2 out, lost moderate 2nd towards finsih, 3rd of 6, 19l behind Putney Bridge (11-13) at Chepstow 2m 4f nh nov hdl (4) gf in Apr.
Nomoretaxes (UAE) 80-1 (10-11) Not jump well, always behind, tailed off before 5th, 7th of 11, well behind General Kutuzov (11-4) at Lingfield 2m mdn hdl (5) hvy in Jan.
Randomer 50-1 (10-6) Took keen hold early, tracked leading trio, 3rd from after 8th, ridden and hit 3 out, lost modest 3rd and carried left 2 out, 4th of 6, 22l behind Bangkok Pete (11-5) at Plumpton 2m 5f nh nov hdl (4) gf in Apr.
Simone Martini (IRE) 14-1 (8-3) Held up towards rear, never a factor, 7th of 9, 16l behind Ghufa (8-13) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f app hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Apr (flat).
Jack Fawaz (IRE) 80-1 (10-1) In touch until driven and struggling after 6th, tailed off, 8th of 9, well behind Calon Crwbin (11-0) at Fontwell 2m 4f mdn hdl (5) gd in Apr.
Keckerrockernixes (IRE) 25-1 (10-7) Chased leaders, weakened over 3f out, 7th of 9, 21l behind Madame Jasmine (10-11) at Fontwell 2m 2f NH flat (6) gd in Apr.
Onemix 1-2fav (10-3) Chased winner until after 3 out, ridden 2 out, kept on, no chance with winner, 2nd of 10, 2 1/2l behind Halling Gal (10-10) at Taunton 2m 1f Fillies Juvenile Novice Hurdle (4yo) (4) gf in Mar.
