Racecards
14:50 Ludlow
Moore Scott Handicap Hurdle (Class F)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 3m
- Going: Good to Soft (Soft pls)(Chase - G/S, Good pls, Soft bends)
- Form 26F230-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-12
towards rear on inside, steady headway from 6th, ridden to chase leader 3 out, kept on under pressure, flat
- Form 0-06040
- Age 4
- Weight 11-10
mid-division, headway 7th, well placed when unseated rider 8th
Dere Lyn
53- Form 00016/1
- Age 6
- Weight 11-7
- Trainer Mrs D Hamer
- Jockey Mr L Stephens
in touch, lost place 4th, ridden 7th, stayed on
Bude
32- Form U3P3-00
- Age 5
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer S A Brookshaw
- Jockey L P Aspell
tracked leader until weakened 8th, pulled up 3 out
- Form U022-P4
- Age 10
- Weight 10-10
- Trainer D Stoddart
- Jockey Wayne Hutchinson
towards rear, some headway 5th, lost place 4 out, pulled up next
- Form 354F0-0
- Age 9
- Weight 10-10
- Trainer J Candlish
- Jockey A O'keeffe
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened 4 out
- Form 5/F-0
- Age 5
- Weight 10-3
- Trainer C Morlock
- Jockey Jimmy McCarthy
in rear, headway 7th, hampered next, weakened 4 out, pulled up before next
- Form 6-P06
- Age 8
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer B G Powell
- Jockey Timmy Murphy
led, ridden and jumped right 3 out, headed after last, no extra
- Form 40205/2
- Age 7
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer W Goldsworthy
- Jockey James Davies
held up towards rear, kept on but never near to challenge
In depth
Verdict
A very ordinary contest where much will depend on whether Dere Lyn suffers from the bounce factor after his recent comeback success, and we will side with him to do so at the main expense of Just Beth and Cracow. The selection sprang a 66/1 surprise when deservedly winning a Hereford handicap hurdle after a 27 month absence, and he will be much shorter today. Clearly after such a long lay off horses often run a little flat second time back, but he has been given six weeks or more to recover and hopefully that can prove a good decision. He won't mind the cut and can follow up. Just Beth has been running consistently well in the summer but is 11lb higher than her last win. This trip will suit and she can go well fresh, but the ground is enough of a worry to pass her over here. Featherweight Cracow showed that staying is his forte with a decent effort at Fontwell last time and with that run under his belt he looks good enough to improve and make the frame again here, but Dere Lyn's last start left the impression that he could win more and he can do so today.