Ludlow Races
Ludlow
15:05
Nightjar Handicap Chase
Ludlow
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024
Distance: 3m
Type: Chase
Going: Good
Class: Class 4
Surface: Turf
Win: £11.40
Place: £3.10 £2.30 £4.10
Exacta: £77.80
Tricast: £842.10
Trifecta: £599.10
Non-Runners: Storm Control (self certificate)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 9 | Horacio Apple's (FR) | 5 G | AVG | Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero | 158 lbs | 10/1 | Won | Took keen hold - held up in rear - slow jump 3rd - not fluent 9th - headway when not fluent 5 out - went second after 3 out - led going best after 2 out - ridden run-in - idled towards finish(op 9/1) | ||
| 2nd | 8 | Rockinastorm (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | Henry Daly | 158 lbs | 6/1 | 0.3 | Led - headed and prominent 1st - challenging when not fluent 2 out - kept on well and went second run-in - just held(tchd 11/2) | ||
| 3rd | 7 | Cartonne (FR) | 8 G | AVG | Donald McCain | 161 lbs | 14/1 | 4 | Prominent - led 1st - not fluent 5 out - mistake 2 out - soon headed - no extra and lost second run-in(op 18/1) | ||
| 4th | 4 | School Days Over (IRE) | 8 G | AVG | Fergal O'Brien | 163 lbs | 9/1 | 1 | In rear - not fluent 1st - not fluent 9th - good headway 5 out - soon prominent - outpaced after 3 out - kept on run-in(op 15/2) | ||
| 5th | 3 | Concetto (FR) | 7 G | AVG | Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero | 167 lbs | 100/30F | .75 | Didn't jump well - towards rear - dropped to last after 2nd - mistake and detached 11th - headway from 4 out - kept on run-in - nearest finish (jockey said gelding was never travelling)(op 7/2) | ||
| 6th | 2 | One True King (IRE) | 10 G | Poor |
James Turner
(7)lbs
|
Nigel Twiston-Davies | 163 lbs | 11/2 | 0.3 | Prominent - mistake 4 out - mistake 3 out - soon outpaced - kept on from last(op 5/1 tchd 9/2) | |
| 7th | 6 | James Jet (IRE) | 8 G | AVG | Warren Greatrex | 161 lbs | 6/1 | 2.25 | Prominent - towards rear when mistake 9th - outpaced before 4 out - mistake 3 out - no impression(op 13/2) | ||
| 8th | 10 | Flash Gorcombe (GB) | 8 G | AVG | Robert Walford | 153 lbs | 11/2 | 42 | Jumped right throughout - towards rear - midfield after 2nd - not fluent 4th - mistake 5 out - outpaced when mistake 4 out - soon weakened (trainer's rep said - regarding the poor form shown - that gelding was unsuited by the going on this occasion - which was officially described as good - good to soft in places - and would prefer a slower surface; vet reported that gelding had sustained an overreach injury to his right-hind)(op 5/1 tchd 6/1) | ||
| 99th | 5 | Tide Times (IRE) | 10 G | Poor | Ian Williams | 162 lbs | 16/1 | - | Midfield - bad mistake and dropped to rear 5th - mistake 8th - reminder after 9th - detached when slow jump and pulled up 4 out(op 11/1 tchd 14/1) |