THE combination of very heavy ground and the omission of two of the eight flights that were to be jumped in the Grade 1 coral.co.uk Future Champions Finale Juvenile Hurdle at Chepstow last Saturday makes the race hard to assess, but it went to the favourite, a well-connected gelding who has now won three of his four starts.

Adrien Du Pont began his career in France, where he was bred by Thierry Cypres, winning over an extended two miles at Enghien in April.