Racecards
13:10 Ludlow
Alfa Aggregate Products Novices' Handicap Chase (Class 3)
- 13 Runners
- Distance: 2m 4f
- Going: Good to Soft (Soft places)(Hurdles Soft, Good to Soft places)
- Surface: Turf
- £12,000 added
- Form U/7936-3
- Age 6
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 115
- Trainer Miss V Williams
- Jockey P C O'Neill
chased leaders, tracked winner from 13th until ridden approaching 3 out, weakened 2 out
- Form 5216F2-
- Age 5
- Weight 11-11
- Official Rating 114
- Trainer Evan Williams
- Jockey Paul Moloney
led, hit 5th, headed 7th, tracked winner after until 13th, regained 2nd approaching 3 out, stayed on same pace from 2 out
- Form 6/014-FF
- Age 5
- Weight 11-11
- Official Rating 114
- Trainer P F Nicholls
- Jockey S Thomas
mid-division, headway on outside approaching 12th, ridden after next, stayed on same pace from 2 out
- Form 4112/F-P
- Age 9
- Weight 11-11
- Official Rating 114
- Trainer N & W Twiston-Davies
- Jockey M Goldstein
chased leaders, ridden and weakened 11th, blundered 12th
- Form 3P5-35P
- Age 7
- Weight 11-11
- Official Rating 114
- Trainer N J Henderson
- Jockey Andrew Tinkler
jumped left 1st, soon prominent, chased leader from 3rd, led 7th, clear after 9th, driven out flat
- Form 09/9570-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-7
- Official Rating 110
- Trainer N & W Twiston-Davies
- Jockey Tony Evans
towards rear, bumped 1st, not fluent 3rd, headway after 4th, lost place after 10th
- Form 844PP-5
- Age 6
- Weight 11-4
- Official Rating 107
- Trainer R S Brookhouse
- Jockey A O'keeffe
towards rear, headway approaching 4 out, 12 lengths 5th and staying on when blundered badly 3 out, not recover
- Form 116216
- Age 7
- Weight 11-1
- Official Rating 104
- Trainer P & M Bowen
- Jockey T J O'Brien
prominent early, held up in touch, blundered 12th, weakening and blundered 13th
- Form 08157-2
- Age 6
- Weight 10-11
- Official Rating 100
- Trainer T R George
- Jockey J M Maguire
behind until pulled up before 10th
- Form 16P6/2P-
- Age 7
- Weight 10-11
- Official Rating 100
- Trainer Miss H C Knight
- Jockey P J Brennan
not fluent, always behind, lost touch from 12th
- Form 53/63-35
- Age 9
- Weight 10-11
- Official Rating 100
- Trainer Miss H C Knight
- Jockey G Lee
held up, never near leaders
- Form 5U5-323
- Age 6
- Weight 10-4
- Official Rating 93
- Trainer D J Wintle
- Jockey T Siddall
held up, stayed on from 4 out but never dangerous
- Form 304651
- Age 8
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 84
mid-division, ridden 13th, no impression from 13th
In depth
Verdict
Allaboveboard, Fight The Feeling and Lord Ryeford are the three to look out for with the vote going to the last named. The selection caught the eye at Wetherby on his seasonal reappearence when finishing second to Liberty Ben. He still looks unexposed and with further improvement on the cards he looks the one they all have to beat. Fight The Feeling is the winner of six races in his career and was back in the winners enclosure last time out over course and distance when getting the better of Castle Frome. He will find this a little tougher but has to be respected. Allaboveboard has won five times this year and as a result has risen in the ratings. He was a winner on his penultimate start at Wetherby but was disappointing at Fakenham last time out. The handicapper may well have caught up with him now but with the yard still having winners he is still respected. However, for the winner we return to Lord Ryeford.
Formwatch
Maletton (FR) 5-2 (11-12) Close up, hit 4 out, chasing winner when blundered badly 3 out, not recover, 3rd of 4, well behind Bubble Boy (11-3) at Sandown 3m hcp chs 0-120 (3) gs.
Dearson (IRE) 9-1 (11-12) Held up, headway 6th, every chance 2 out, jumped left last, one pace flat, 2nd of 8, 3 1/2l behind Pure Magic (10-3) at Ludlow 2m 5f nov hcp hdl 0-115 (3) gf in Apr.
Kaldouas (FR) 5-6fav (11-11) Led 3rd to next, chased leader, challenging when fell at the 12th in race won by Idris (11-12) at Sandown 2m 4f nov hcp chs 0-120 (3) gs, 6 ran.
Hunting Yuppie (IRE) 12-1 (11-9) Tracked leaders, mistake 2nd, lost place from 5th, tailed off when pulled up at the 8th in race won by Iron Man (11-12) at Market Rasen 2m 6f hcp chs 0-125 (3) sft in Nov, 8 ran.
Art Virginia (FR) 7-2 (11-0) Held up, went 3rd at 8th, mistake 14th and soon pulled up 4 out in race won by Cool Roxy (11-1) at Fakenham 3m nov chs (3) gd in Nov, 6 ran.
Its Crucial (IRE) 25-1 (11-6) Mid-division, lost place 3 out, beaten when hit last, 10th of 15, 20l behind Lennon (11-2) at Perth 2m hcp hdl 0-120 (3) gd in Apr.
Prince of Persia 20-1 (11-0) Held up, ridden 6th, effort approaching 3 out, soon ridden and weakened, 5th of 8, 18l behind Handy Money (11-0) at Huntingdon 2m beg chs (3) gd in May.
Allaboveboard (IRE) 5-2 (11-12) Chased leader, ridden and every chance 3 out, soon weakened, 6th of 8, 44l behind Letitia's Loss (11-3) at Fakenham 2m 7f hcp hdl 0-115 (4) gs.
Lord Ryeford (IRE) 7-1 (11-8) Led, ridden and hit 3 out, under pressure from next, headed towards finish, no extra, 2nd of 8, 1/2l behind Liberty Ben (11-11) at Wetherby 2m 4f nov hcp chs 0-105 (4) gd in Nov.
River Trapper (IRE) 11-2 (11-7) Led until not fluent and headed 2nd, tracked leader to 10th, under pressure and weakened 12th, well behind when pulled up 2 out in race won by Harris Bay (11-6) at Sandown 2m 4f nov hcp chs 0-120 (D) sft in Dec '05, 5 ran.
Captain Flinders (IRE) 12-1 (11-12) Held up, progress from 6th, hampered 3 out, no impression after, 5th of 14, 21l behind Minella Tipperary (11-8) at Exeter 2m 6f nov hcp hdl 0-105 (4) sft in Nov.
PonchaTrain (IRE) 5-2 (10-4) Chased leaders until ridden and weakened between last 2, 3rd of 5, 6l behind Armagh South (10-3) at Plumpton 2m 5f nov hcp hdl 0-105 (4) sft in Nov.
Fight The Feeling 13-2 (10-2) Held up, 13 lengths adrift 4 out, headway from 3 out, led last, stayed on, won at Ludlow 2m 4f nov hcp chs 0-100 (4) gs beating Castle Frome (10-0) by 2l, 11 ran.