always towards rear, tailed off before 3 out
held up mid-division, weakened 5th, soon beaten
pulled hard in touch, headway approaching 3 out, soon chasing leader, led next, stayed on under pressure
held up mid-division, headway 5th, led 3 out, jumped right and headed next, soon ridden and one pace
held up in touch, lost place before 4th
led after 1st, pulled hard, soon clear, mistake 5th, headed 3 out, soon faded
held up in rear when fell 5th
pulled hard in rear, mistake 3rd, soon chasing clear leader, weakened before 3 out
led 1st, headed soon after, led chasing group, outpaced before 3 out, kept on, never able to challenge
Summer Of Love is selected to land this juvenile hurdle with Shavansky and Kassuta put forward to fill the placings. Summer Of Love was not suited by the testing ground conditions last time and this tighter circuit and quicker conditions will be more to his liking. He had a useful yardstick in Zanir three lengths behind on his penultimate start and is a confident selection. Shavansky travelled like a winner last time but failed to get home on the soft ground. He stopped so alarmingly on that particular day that one could not be confident whether he will get the trip, even on the quicker surface. His debut run was highly encouraging though, the form of that Doncaster event working out particulary well. It appears a match but Kassuta can snatch the third placing. Last seen contesting a Cheltenham juvenile hurdler, she had liitle chance there but deserves a little respect on the basis of a third on her hurdling debut at Fakenham. Toccata is worth a check in the market but Summer Of Love is the selection with doubts about his main rivals stamina.
Beau Bramble 125-1 (10-12) Pulled hard, led approaching 3rd, mistake and headed 4th, soon weakened, blundered badly 3 out and pulled up 2 out in race won by Metaphoric (10-12) at Warwick 2m 4yo nov hdl (4) gd in Feb, 16 ran.
Eddystone (IRE) 100-1 (10-12) Always in rear, mistake 3rd, lost touch 4th, 10th of 12, well behind Sweetheart (10-5) at Plumpton 2m 3yo nov hdl (4) sft in Dec.
Shavansky 8-1 (10-12) Tracked leaders, led 3 out, headed approaching 2 out, edging right under pressure and fading, 4th of 13, 12l behind Sweetheart (10-11) at Plumpton 2m 4yo nov hdl (3) sft in Feb.
Summer of Love (IRE) 5-2fav (10-12) Held up in touch, went 2nd approaching 3 out, weakened last, 5th of 14, 16l behind Chance du Roy (10-12) at Newbury 2m 3yo nov hdl (4) gs in Dec.
Bali Belony 100-1 (10-7) Held up behind, not fluent 2nd, weakened approaching 4th, tailed off when pulled up 2 out in race won by Prideus (11-0) at Warwick 2m 4yo mdn hdl (4) hvy in Jan, 9 ran.
Etoile d'Or (IRE) 20-1 (10-0) Led, headed before 2 out, weakened quickly, 6th of 8, 28l behind Lemon Silk (10-9) at Sandown 2m 3yo nov hdl (3) gd in Nov.
Kassuta 200-1 (10-7) Mid-divison until weakened 3 out, 7th of 11, well behind Franchoek (11-7) at Cheltenham 2m 1f nov hdl Grd 2 (1) gs in Jan.
Katie Kingfisher 25-1 (10-5) Led over 8f out, ridden and headed over 4f out, weakened over 3f out, 15th of 16, 24l behind Wizard Looking (11-6) at Lingfield 1m 4f amt hcp (6) pol in Feb (Flat).
Pleasurable 25-1 (10-3) Chased leaders, lost place after 3rd, behind from 7th, tailed off when pulled up in race won by Dancing Dasi (10-11) at Hereford 2m 4f mrs nov hdl (4) gs in Feb, 13 ran.
Toccata (IRE) 12-1 (9-2) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon beaten, last of 7, 26l behind Ronaldsay (9-11) at Haydock 1m 3f fll hcp (3) sft in Sept (Flat).
