Ludlow
16:08
Remembering Margaret Roberts Mares' Handicap Hurdle (Challenger Mares' Hurdle Series Qualifier)
Ludlow Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2025 Distance: 2m5f Type: Hurdle Going: Good To Firm Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £5.10 Place: £2.10 £3.20 Exacta: £29.40 Tricast: £87.92 Trifecta: £98.10
Non-Runners: Rockola Vogue (vet's certificate, stiff)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 8 Of Course You Can (GB) 7 M Poor Neil Mulholland 148 lbs 4/1 Won In rear - pushed along 4 out - ridden before 2 out - switched right and headway before last where 3 lengths fourth - kept on to lead final 110yds (trainer said - regarding the apparent improved form shown - that the mare was more relaxed in the preliminaries on this occasion and appreciated a strongly run race - as well as being suited by a return to a right-handed track)(op 7/2)
2nd 5 Diplomatie (FR) 6 M AVG Harry Derham 156 lbs 15/2 .5 Held up in rear - headway 3 out - 2 lengths third last - kept on and pressed winner towards finish - just held(tchd 13/2 and tchd 8/1)
3rd 2 Porter In The Park (IRE) 7 M AVG Emma Lavelle 166 lbs 5/2F 2.75 Pressed leader - disputed lead 3rd - led clearly before 3 out - joined 2 out - headed last - briefly led again run-in - no extra and lost two places final 110yds(op 10/3)
4th 6 Versace Twentyone (IRE) 6 M AVG Sheila Lewis 147 lbs 100/30 2.75 In rear - awkward jump 1st - headway 7th - went second before 3 out - disputed lead 2 out - led clearly and jumped right last - headed and weakened run-in(op 3/1 tchd 11/4)
5th 3 La Marquise (FR) 4 F Good Jamie Snowden 160 lbs 7/2 15 Pressed leaders - not fluent 5th - lost position 7th - rallied 3 out - weakened 2 out(op 10/3 tchd 3/1 and tchd 4/1)
6th 1 D Day Arvalenreeva (IRE) 5 M AVG Dominic Ffrench Davis 169 lbs 18/1 3.25 Pressed leaders - weakened approaching last where not fluent(op 16/1)
99th 7 Happy d'Ex (FR) 8 M AVG Sheila Lewis 148 lbs 50/1 - Led - joined 3rd - lost position and weakened quickly before 3 out - pulled up 2 out(op 80/1)