Racecards
13:20 Ludlow
Ludlow For Functions Selling Handicap Hurdle (Class G )
- 15 Runners
- Distance: 2m
- Going: Good to Soft (Chase: Good in places, Hurdle: Soft in places)
- Form 56440-5
- Age 7
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 86
- Trainer M Bradstock
- Jockey J Bunsell
pulled hard in rear, headway to lead 3rd, ridden and headed approaching 2 out, weakened flat
- Form 0303-2P
- Age 6
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 86
- Trainer S T Lewis
- Jockey Mr D Mansell
always behind, pulled up after 4th
- Form 51-PP03
- Age 6
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 86
- Trainer W K Goldsworthy
- Jockey C Llewellyn
held up, headway approaching 3 out, led approaching 2 out, driven out
- Form 350601
- Age 10
- Weight 11-11
- Official Rating 85
- Trainer G E Jones
- Jockey Mr David Turner
mid-division, headway 5th, ridden and every chance 3 out, weakened last
Club Royal
254- Form P4PU-P6
- Age 8
- Weight 11-10
- Official Rating 84
in touch, ridden and jumped left from 3 out, weakened last
- Form F36-P1
- Age 5
- Weight 11-10
- Official Rating 84
held up, headway 4th, ridden after 6th, weakened quickly
Compton Star
14- Form 004
- Age 5
- Weight 11-5
- Official Rating 79
- Trainer R J Hodges
- Jockey T Scudamore
prominent, hit 6th, soon weakened
- Form 003/000
- Age 6
- Weight 11-1
- Official Rating 75
- Trainer M Sheppard
- Jockey R Walford
always behind
- Form 03-0P00
- Age 11
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 74
- Trainer Mrs Tracey Barfoot-Saunt
- Jockey Mr L Heard
always behind
- Form 602306
- Age 4
- Weight 10-13
- Official Rating 84
- Trainer Jane Southall
- Jockey R Greene
prominent, ridden after 4th, weakened 6th
- Form 5F4
- Age 4
- Weight 10-11
- Official Rating 82
- Trainer P D Evans
- Jockey Antony Evans
mid-division, ridden and headway approaching 3 out, weakening when mistake 2 out
- Form U65565
- Age 6
- Weight 10-11
- Official Rating 71
- Trainer Mrs L C Jewell
- Jockey M A Fitzgerald
mid-division, headway approaching 3 out, ridden when bumped 2 out, stayed on to go 2nd last, never reach winner
- Form 600
- Age 6
- Weight 10-6
- Official Rating 66
- Trainer W M Brisbourne
- Jockey J Mogford
always behind
- Form 60020P
- Age 7
- Weight 10-5
- Official Rating 60
led to 3rd, stayed prominent, ridden after 6th, weakened quickly, behind when pulled up before 2 out
In depth
Verdict
Desert Spa has an obvious chance off just a 5lb higher mark than when successful at Hereford last time but has yet to prove his effectiveness on a surface as soft as this and preference is for Margarets Wish, who gets the verdict over Blue Leader. The last mentioned is a consistent performer in this grade and is entitled to be thereabouts but is held by the selection on running over course and distance and having been raised just 7lbs since then Margarets Wish is hard to oppose. Top weight Jayed faces no easy task giving weight away all round on his return to action following along break and of more interest may be the lightly raced trio of Compton Star, Go Green and Gold Fervour, who all make their debuts in a handicap in the lowest grade. Margarets Wish holds solid claims on the evidence of her last time out success here though and she gets the vote.