Ludlow 20/12/2007 Good (Good to Soft in places) 2.10 Tanners Cava Lady Riders' Handicap Hurdle (Class 4) £8000 added, 3yo plus, 2m, penalty £5205, 10 ran. 1st   Croon 5 Miss C Allen(7) 10-1 11 5 Mrs Caroline Bailey In touch, led 2 out, ridden last, ran on Opened 10/1, touched 11/1 £3300-£300 each way 2nd 2l Red Sun 10 Miss O Maylam(7) 14-1 11 11 Miss Gay Kelleway Led, headed 2 out, kept on Opened 25/1 3rd 1¼  l Brousse En Feux (FR)   Miss J Coward(7) 9-4 12 5 D Pipe In touch, pecked 4th, close up 4 out, ridden 3 out, one pace Opened 9/4, touched 5/2 £2500-£1000, £1200-£550(x2), £1000-£400(x2), £900-£400, including office money 4th 1l Indian Star (GER) 9 Miss R Davidson(5) 7-2 11 7 P D Evans Held up, headway 6th, ridden, every chance 2 out, plugged on Opened 9/2 £2250-£500 5th ½l Joli Classical (IRE) 5 Miss L Gardner(7) 40-1 11 12 R J Hodges Held up, headway after 4 out, one pace Opened 33/1, touched 40/1 6th 1½  l Barton Sun (IRE) 8 Miss J A Kidd(7) 2-1 10 0 Ferdy Murphy Held up, ridden, headway approaching 3 out, pluggged on Opened 2/1, touched 9/4 £900-£400, £850-£400 7th 9l Rhetoric (IRE) 8 Miss Sarah-Jayne Davies(7) 50-1 10 6 G H Jones Soon in touch, weakened 2 out 8th 5l Andorran (GER) 4 Miss R A Green(7) 22-1 11 7 A Bailey In rear, brief effort after 4 out Opened 33/1 9th 2l Desert Spa (USA) 12 Miss Isabel Tompsett(7) 100-1 11 8 G E Jones Tracked leaders, ridden, weakened 3 out 10th 12l Etendard Indien (FR) 6 Miss P Gundry(3) 12-1 11 0 Simon Earle Tracked leaders, ridden 3 out, weakened Opened 10/1, touched 14/1 Non Runner Mondial Jack(FR) Winning time: 03:50.800 Ludlow results 12.40   1.10   1.40   2.10   2.40   3.10   3.40