Racecards
14:30 Ludlow
Eddie Mapp Memorial Novices' Chase (Class E)
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 3m
- Going: Good to Soft, Soft in places
- Form 2P21PP
- Age 11
- Weight 11-8
tracked leaders, lost place 3rd, soon behind, tailed off when pulled up after 11
- Form 552503
- Age 6
- Weight 11-1
- Trainer T R George
- Jockey Paul Moloney
made all, hit 3 out, hung right flat, ridden out
Home Made
29- Form 32PF24
- Age 6
- Weight 11-1
- Trainer S A Brookshaw
- Jockey T Siddall
with winner, mistakes 12th and 13th, ridden after 14th, weakened next, tailed off when pulled up before 4 out
Isotop (FR)
43- Form 4400/F3
- Age 8
- Weight 11-1
- Trainer John Allen
- Jockey A Scholes
tracked leaders, not fluent 11th, went 2nd 13th, hit 4 out, ridden approaching last, kept on
- Form 340PP0
- Age 7
- Weight 11-1
- Trainer P Phelan
- Jockey M Bradburne
held up, headway 9th, ridden after 15th, weakening when mistake 4 out
- Form 500006
- Age 9
- Weight 10-10
- Trainer K R Burke
- Jockey Wayne Hutchinson
held up, hit 12th, ridden after next, soon weakened
In depth
Verdict
Moreluck, Isotop and Tip Kash are three against the field in a poor contest and thew vote goes to Moreluck. Kim Bailey's inmate won well at Mussleburgh a couple of runs ago when defeating Another Chance and then was let down by his jumping at Market Rasen last time out. However this faster ground will suit and if his jumping holds up he will be hard to beat. Isotop rates the main danger on his latest third behind Long Walk he has plenty of scope for improvement and will not be far away. Tip Kash is another that could go well he was a fair hurdler and finished seventh behind Storm Prince on his last run in that sphere. This is not the hardest introduction on his chase debut and he is a danger to all. Of the remainder Dante Citizen is from a yard in form and is worth a cautionary look in the market but for the winner we return to Moreluck.