14:00 Ludlow

Monday 23 May 2022

All13:3014:0014:3015:0015:3016:0516:35

Racing To School Novices' Handicap Hurdle

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 5  |   1m 7f 169y  |   Good  |   9 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:00  |   Winning time: 3m 44.4s
1st
Horse silk
2
511-11
11/2
T: F O'BrienJ: Nick Slatter (5)
Held up in rear, took keen hold, headway going well from 3 out, challenging when mistake 2 out, led flat, ran on well
2nd
Horse silk
2 ¼
7
20/1
T: Sarah HollinsheadJ: Tabitha Worsley (3)
Playing up at start and started wide, pressed leader, led 2 out, headed flat, no impression on winner towards finish tchd 18/1
3rd
Horse silk
1 ¼
6
410-12
12/1
T: O Greenall & J GuerrieroJ: Craig Nichol
Chased leaders, edged right after 2 out, 3rd and held flat, kept on tchd 14/1
4th
Horse silk
6 ½
1
7/1
T: Evan WilliamsJ: Adam Wedge
Held up in rear, took keen hold, headway after 4 out, not fluent and no impression 2 out, went 4th flat op 8/1
5th
Horse silk
1 ¾
4
10/1
T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: T J O'Brien
Led until 2 out, weakened flat op 9/1
6th
Horse silk
2 ¼
3
3/1f
T: T H WestonJ: Luke Scott (7)
Held up towards rear, headway after 4 out, blundered 2 out, soon held, mistake last op 5/2
7th
Horse silk
3 ¾
8
10/3
T: D McCain JnrJ: Peter Kavanagh (5)
Chased leaders, slow, went left and not fluent 1st, lost place and given reminder, progress on outside 4 out, weakened after 3 out op 4/1 tchd 16/5
8th
Horse silk
2 ¾
5
6/1
T: A RalphJ: Nick Scholfield
Held up in mid-division, no impression from 3 out op 11/2 tchd 5/1
9th
Horse silk
40
9
40/1
T: H JamesJ: Charlie Hammond
Chased leaders, weakened before 3 out, mistake 2 out and last op 33/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.50Pl:£1.80, £4.80, £3.90EX:£71.20Trifecta:£1,433.00Tricast:£1,257.83SF:£97.77Swingers:£16.70, £10.00, £21.20

Forecasts

Stumps Or Slips (3/1), Lindwall (10/3), Zucayan (11/2), White Turf (6/1), Henry Box Brown (7/1), Honestlyntrufully (10/1), Mcpherson (12/1), Diamond Joel (20/1), Junior Massini (40/1)

Verdict

WHITE TURF has been shaping well and this could be the day that he manages to get his head in front. He was runner-up on 4 of his 5 starts last season and made an encouraging return from 9 months off at this C&D 15 days ago, close up for a long way before tying up on the run-in. The 7-y-o can build on that effort to see off the challenge of Stumps Or Slips, with Zucayan the pick of the handicap debutants.

  1. WHITE TURF (IRE)
  2. STUMPS OR SLIPS (IRE)
  3. ZUCAYAN (FR)

Previous Winners

2021
Rathnure Ranger
Weight: 10-5  |Age: 7
15/2

Prize Money

1st: £4,139.002nd: £1,907.003rd: £953.004th: £477.005th: £350.006th: £350.00

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