Ludlow Races
Ludlow
14:30
Luke Watson Memorial Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)
Ludlow
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2025
Distance: 3m
Type: Hurdle
Going: Good To Soft
Class: Class 4
Surface: Turf
Win: £4.34
Place: £1.90 £2.80
Exacta: £21.20
Trifecta: £113.50
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | Bold Recruit (IRE) | 5 G | AVG | Billy Aprahamian | 160 lbs | 100/30 | Won | Held up in rear but in touch with leaders - outpaced after 4 out - soon rallied - going best and headway when joined leader before 3 out - left clear 3 out - not fluent last - kept on run-in(op 11/4) | ||
| 2nd | 2 | Doctor Midas (FR) | 4 G | Poor | Nicky Henderson | 160 lbs | 11/2 | 3 | Prominent - lost ground before 3 out - badly hampered by faller after 3 out - some headway before 2 out - stayed on after last(op 9/2) | ||
| 3rd | 7 | Swift Jet (IRE) | 7 G | Poor | Richard Phillips | 160 lbs | 12/1 | 2 | Held up in rear but in touch with leaders - outpaced after 4 out - rallied after 3 out - hit 2 out - pecked on landing last - no extra inside final 110yds(op 14/1 tchd 11/1) | ||
| 4th | 4 | Loch Frisa (IRE) | 5 G | Poor | Ben Pauling | 160 lbs | 20/1 | 9.5 | Took keen hold - prominent - lost ground before 3 out - some headway after 3 out - weakened run-in(op 18/1 tchd 22/1) | ||
| 5th | 3 | Keel Strand (FR) | 5 G | Good | Paul Nicholls | 160 lbs | 11/2 | 13 | Led - led narrowly or disputed lead from 2nd - lost position on turn before 3 out - soon weakened (trainer's rep said gelding had made a respiratory noise)(op 5/1 tchd 6/1) | ||
| 99th | 5 | Pike Road (GB) | 6 G | AVG | Martin Keighley | 160 lbs | 6/5F | - | Prominent - led narrowly or disputed lead from 2nd - led clearly on turn before 3 out - soon joined - pushed along when fell 3 out(op 6/4) | ||
| 99th | 6 | Queensland Boy (IRE) | 5 G | AVG | Ian Williams | 160 lbs | 125/1 | - | Novicey jumping - held up in rear but in touch with leaders - dropped to last after 3rd - lost ground after 4 out - soon detached and struggling - pulled up before 3 out(op 66/1 tchd 150/1) |