Racecards
17:00 Ludlow
Ann Esp Memorial 'Newcomers' Standard Open NH Flat Race (Class 4)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 1m 7f 169y
- Going: Good
- Surface: Turf
- £6,000 added
- Winner: £3,899
- 2nd: £1,145
- 3rd: £572
- 4th: £286
- Age 5
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer C Allen
- Jockey J M Quinlan
mid-division, headway 6f out, weakened over 4 out, tailed off
- Age 5
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer David Dennis
- Jockey Aidan Coleman
held up in touch, ridden 4f out, stayed on same pace final 3f
- Age 5
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer Miss V Williams
- Jockey Charlie Deutsch
held up in rear, headway over 5f out, 3rd 4f out, chased winner over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
- Age 6
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer K G Wingrove
- Jockey Mr Matthew Ennis
in rear, ridden 10f out, soon behind, well tailed off final 7f, fell inside final furlong
- Age 5
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer D J S Ffrench Davis
- Jockey M D Grant
pressed winner until 6f out, weakening when not much room over 4f out, tailed off when eased inside final 2f
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer K Bailey & M Nicholls
- Jockey David Bass
made all, ridden 2f out, hung left inside final furlong, stayed on well, clear inside final 100 yards
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer S-J Davies
- Jockey R T Dunne
took keen hold, tracked leaders, pushed along 5f out, stayed on same pace final 3f
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Alexandra Dunn
- Jockey R P McLernon
unseated rider on way to post, prominent, ridden 9f out, soon weakened, tailed off
- Age 5
- Weight 10-11
- Trainer N J Henderson
- Jockey Mr Sam Waley-Cohen
held up, soon in touch, 2nd 6f out until driven over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
The market will almost certainly be a good guide to the newcomers bumper. Dandy Dan is a £34,000 son of leading NH sire Midnight Legend so should make his presence felt. Inheritance Thief also represents a leading NH yard but TELL IT TO ME is a half-sister to the stables’s Free Thinking, who won a maiden hurdle here as well as two bumpers, and she can make the most of her mare’s allowance and the 3lb claim of Sam Waley-Cohen.
Formwatch
Desi Daru (IRE) Indian Haven gelding out of Daiquiri.
Flying Verse Yeats gelding out of Flight Sequence.
Inheritance Thief Black Sam Bellamy gelding out of Red And White.
My Noble Friend Overbury gelding out of Karinga Princess.
Scorpions Sound (IRE) Scorpion gelding out of Sounds Attractive.
Dandy Dan (IRE) Midnight Legend gelding out of Playing Around.
Higgs (IRE) Scorpion gelding out of Captain Supreme.
Spiny Norman Malinas gelding out of Helen Wood.
Tell It To Me Kayf Tara M out of Liberthine.
One More Bid (IRE) Grandera gelding out of Martin's Oscar.
Young Phoenix (IRE) Robin Des Pres gelding out of Lady Phoenix.
Ourville's Million (FR) Sageburg gelding out of Madeka.