Ludlow
14:55
Christmas At Ludlow Handicap Hurdle
Ludlow Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2025 Distance: 2m Type: Hurdle Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £9.30 Place: £1.60 £3.20 £7.40 Exacta: £95.50 Tricast: £3850.71 Trifecta: £3826.90
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
Travelled strongly - in touch with leaders - prominent on outer before 5th - led 3 out - jumped left but left clear last - easily (trainer said gelding benefitted from the first time application of a tongue strap; vet had nothing to report)(tchd 11/2)
4 G AVG Kim Bailey & Mat Nicholls 166 lbs 13/2 Won
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2nd
Held up in rear - steady headway before 3 out - mistake last - kept on and went modest second run-in(op 12/1 tchd 18/1)
8 G AVG Fergal O'Brien 162 lbs 16/1 13
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3rd
Led - raced in second before 5th - not fluent 3 out - lost position 2 out - not fluent when left in modest second last - no extra and lost second run-in(op 50/1 tchd 33/1)
5 G Poor Matt Sheppard 159 lbs 40/1 1.25
4th
Midfield - outpaced before 3 out - never dangerous but stayed on(tchd 50/1)
9 G AVG Bernard Llewellyn 153 lbs 66/1 6.5
5th
Prominent - led before 5th - lost two places 3 out - weakening when bad mistake last - not recover (trainer said race came too soon having ran 5 days previously; jockey said mare ran too free)(op 8/11)
8 M Poor Grace Harris 142 lbs 1/2F .5
6th
Towards rear throughout(op 17/2)
6 G AVG David Pipe 145 lbs 12/1 6
7th
Raced wide - in touch with leaders - weakened before 3 out(op 22/1)
4 G AVG
Ned Fox (5)lbs
Clive Boultbee-Brooks 154 lbs 20/1 2.75
8th
In rear throughout (jockey said gelding hung left-handed from turning into the home-straight)(op 28/1)
3 G AVG Evan Williams 168 lbs 50/1 2.25
99th
In touch with leaders - went second 2 out - 3 lengths down and keeping on when fell last(tchd 4/1)
4 G AVG Harry Derham 164 lbs 9/2 -
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