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13:55 Ludlow

Wednesday 20 December 2017

All12:2012:5013:2013:5514:3015:0515:35

G C Rickards Ltd EBF Mares' 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 13:57 | Winning time: 5m 13.7s

1^st

Chilli Filli

410-10

7/2

T: H D DalyJ: R Johnson

Held up towards rear, headway 4 out, 2nd before 3 out, led 2 out, clear flat, ridden out op 4/1

2^nd

2 ½

Diva Reconce

410-10

9/2

T: K C BaileyJ: David Bass

Tracked leaders, closed 7th, led before 3 out, headed and not fluent 2 out, held from last, stayed on op 5/1 tchd 11/2

3^rd

Fairy Pol

411-2

28/1

T: Henry OliverJ: T Dowling (5)

Chased leaders, 3rd 3 out, driven and hung left after 2 out, no impression on winner, stayed on op 25/1

4^th

Ask Catkin

510-10

50/1

T: T SymondsJ: Benjamin Poste

Held up in rear, headway approaching 3 out, 4th 2 out, no impression on leaders op 33/1

5^th

Cangodemayo

510-10

20/1

T: B PaulingJ: D A Jacob

Led until 7th, lost place before 3 out, soon weakened op 16/1

6^th

3 ¾

Bonnie Black Rose

710-10

150/1

T: A J WhitingJ: Dave Crosse

Sweating, towards rear, well beaten 3 out

7^th

1 ½

Tell It To Me

510-10

5/1

T: N J HendersonJ: Mr Sam Waley-Cohen (3)

Prominent, 4th and beaten when not fluent 3 out, weakened before next tchd 6/1

8^th

1 ¾

Maire Banrigh

510-10

1/1f

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Raced freely, prominent, led 7th, headed before 3 out, soon beaten, weakened 2 out op 11/10 tchd 5/6

9^th

2 ½

Taras Day

410-10

66/1

T: H WhittingtonJ: Harry Bannister

Chased leaders, weakened before 3 out

10^th

Welcome Polly

510-10

100/1

T: C J MannJ: G Sheehan

Mistake 1st, soon behind, mistake next, tailed off from 6th

Also Ran

Brockton Gandt

510-10

200/1

T: Mike HammondJ: Charlie Hammond (7)

Mid-division, mistake 1st, lost place when mistake next, went badly left 4th, soon hanging badly left, again jumped left 5th, pulled up before 6th

Valdas Princess

510-10

66/1

T: O SherwoodJ: Conor Shoemark

Mid-division, headway after 4 out, weakened approaching 3 out, fell last

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.40Pl:£1.30, £1.50, £4.50EX:£19.60Trifecta:£169.70SF:£19.87Swingers:£2.80, £10.50, £11.10

Forecasts

Maire Banrigh (1/1), Chilli Filli (7/2), Diva Reconce (9/2), Tell It To Me (5/1), Cangodemayo (20/1), Fairy Pol (28/1), Ask Catkin (50/1), Taras Day (66/1), Valdas Princess (66/1), Welcome Polly (100/1), Bonnie Black Rose (150/1), Brockton Gandt (200/1)

Some nice mares line up for this and many hail from yards that have some statistical appeal. Nicky Henderson's runners here always have to be respected and the trainer landed this in 2008 and 2009. Tell It To Me won a poor bumper at Southwell but she could hardly have been more impressive. Maire Banrigh was bought for a huge sum after landing a mares maiden at Lingstown in emphatic style. Her yard are in form and took this two years ago. Diva Reconce was lauded after her debut victory and she is potentially very smart, but the experienced CHILLI FILLI sets a good standard and merits the selection. She showed a game attitude when landing her bumper and came up against a useful sort over an inadequate trip here last time. Henry Daly and Richard Johnson combined to win this in 2012 and 2014 so it will be little surprise if they could claim some valuable scalps this time.