Hadrian Healthcare Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:55 | Winning time: 5m 10.50s

Altruism⁷⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Callum Bewley| T: James Moffatt| OR: 129

4/1

A regular feature in the Lake District at Cartmel, with all five of his jump wins coming at his local track; 5lb below his last winning mark (July 2017) and demonstrated that he still retains ability when finishing second at Newcastle (2m) in April.

Form: 2P81/72-

Only Orsenfoolsies^p¹⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 11-8| J: Billy Garritty⁽⁷⁾| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 125

7/4

Mud-lark; runner up off this mark on his most recent C&D start (April 2018); sprung a massive shock on the Flat at Carlisle (2m1f, heavy) a fortnight ago when gamely beating his well backed stablemate Cornerstone Lad.

Form: 152/344-

Lomachenko⁸⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: D A Jacob| T: S R B Crawford| OR: 124| D

7/1

Has left the care of Nicky Henderson since finishing 11L second to Copper Gone West at Bangor (2m3½f, soft) in March; with a much respected trainer, but possibly sits on a high enough mark for what he has actually achieved.

Form: 84142-

Black Key^b1²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Theo Gillard⁽⁷⁾| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 124

5/1

2018 Galway Festival winner (2m5f, yielding/soft) for previous trainer Henry De Bromhead; joined Donald McCain for £8,500 in September 2018; hasn't set the world alight on these shores yet but is slipping quickly down the weights; blinkers applied.

Form: 31440-6

Cairnshill²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: Danny McMenamin⁽⁷⁾| T: Kenny Johnson| OR: 121

2/1

Revitalised since joining Newcastle handler K.Johnson (211); perhaps his recent Carlisle (3m1f) and Cartmel (3m1½f) wins haven't been the strongest of races for the grade but one can do no more than win impressively; 4lb higher over a shorter trip.

Form: 95021-1

Rule 4

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Non-Runners

Lord Wishes¹⁹

Weight: 10-11| Age: 12

T: J Ewart J: B S Hughes

Forecasts

Lord Wishes (13/8), Only Orsenfoolsies (7/4), Cairnshill (2/1), Altruism (4/1), Black Key (5/1), Lomachenko (7/1)

A difficult Class 3 handicap hurdle, although the recent Cartmel winner Lord Wishes will undoubtedly be all the rage reverting to hurdles from a 1lb lower mark (now rated 10lb higher over fences). However, there are also other in-form horses to be considered with the improving Cairnshill now 2 from 3 since joining the Newcastle handler Kenny Johnson, and the top-weight Altruism far from punitively handicapped either, but for small stakes we'll chance the mud-lark ONLY ORSENFOOLSIES. Micky Hammond's 10yo bounced right back to form on the Flat at Carlisle (2m1f) recently turning over his well handicapped stablemate Cornerstone Lad.