15:30 Ludlow

Wednesday 21 February 2018

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His Royal Highness The Prince Of Wales Challenge Trophy Amateur Riders' Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:31 | Winning time: 6m 13.0s

Arctic Gold²⁵

Age: 14| Weight: 12-0| J: Unknown| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| CD

Form: 722F28

Federici^b²⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 130

4/1

Useful horse on his day and returned to form when finishing a good fifth in a Listed handicap chase at Doncaster (3m, soft) in first time blinkers (retained) last time out. Interesting with a leading Irish amateur booked to ride today.

Form: 5-51455

Resolution Bay⁷⁷

Age: 13| Weight: 11-12| J: Unknown| T: P Hobbs & J White

Form: 523222

Gentleman Jon¹⁰

Age: 17| Weight: 11-11| J: Unknown| T: C L Tizzard

Form: 353F3P

Popelys Gull³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Miss Gina Andrews| T: Mrs P Sly| OR: 126

6/1

Novice chase winner at Wetherby (good) over an extended 2m3f in October and ran well to finish second at Fakenham on his penultimate outing. Likely to place when falling there last time and he is one to note in this contest.

Form: 2-P142F

Band Of Blood¹⁰^{(ex 7)}

Age: 17| Weight: 11-8| J: Unknown| T: Dr R D P Newland| D

Form: 53854/1

Captain Buck's^p,t³²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Lorcan Williams⁽⁵⁾| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 125| BF

11/4

In decent form in recent starts having finished placed in handicap chases at Taunton (3m1f, heavy) and Taunton (2m7f. soft) the last twice. Represents a leading stable with trip and ground to suit.

Form: 1-20332

Remind Me Later⁸⁸

Age: 16| Weight: 11-5| J: Unknown| T: G & J Moore| D

Form: 3-22513

Astracad⁵⁷

Age: 19| Weight: 11-5| J: Unknown| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| BF

Form: 84-P333

Firebird Flyer²³

Age: 18| Weight: 11-5| J: Unknown| T: Evan Williams| CD

Form: P8P-3F8

Kap Jazz¹⁰⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: Hugh Nugent⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss V Williams| OR: 122| BF| C

7/1

Put a disappointing Carlisle (3m2f, heavy) effort behind him when finishing runner-up at Market Rasen (3m, good-to-soft) in November. Races off the same mark returning from a break today.

Form: F113-02

Until Winning³⁵

Age: 17| Weight: 11-4| J: Unknown| T: T R George| C

Form: F467/51

Horatio Hornblower³⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 11-3| J: Chester Williams⁽⁵⁾| T: Nick Williams| OR: 121| D

10/3

Winning for the third time over fences when successful at Newbury (soft) in first time cheekpieces (absent today) last time out. Races off a 4lb higher mark today.

Form: 635-341

Goohar^p⁴²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-1| J: Mark Galligan⁽⁷⁾| T: H D Daly| OR: 119

3/1

Best effort so far this season came when finishing 5L second over an extended 3m1f on good-to-soft ground here last time out. Raised 2lb for that effort and is an interesting runner for a stable in good form (3/3) in recent weeks.

Form: 153-952

Uhlan Bute^p³²

Age: 10| Weight: 10-11| J: Miss Lucy Turner⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss V Williams| OR: 115

18/1

Won just one of his 21 chase starts to date and finished well held in a competitive contest over 2m3f at Ascot (soft) last time out. Remains on a mark 6lb higher than for his sole chase victory.

Form: 424U-36

Market Road¹⁹

Age: 15| Weight: 10-5| J: Unknown| T: Evan Williams| D

Form: 11F311

Rule 4

Rule 4 applies to all bets - deduction 10p in the pound

Forecasts

Captain Buck's (11/4), Goohar (3/1), Horatio Hornblower (10/3), Federici (4/1), Popelys Gull (6/1), Kap Jazz (7/1), Uhlan Bute (18/1)

FEDERICI ran well in a valuable contest last time out and he can take this amateur riders event for trainer Donald McCain. The selection has the ground and trip to suit today and can get the better of Captain Buck's who remains open to improvement. Popelys Gull looked likely to have finished in the frame when coming down late on last time out and he can finish third today.