14:05 Ludlow

Thursday 4 March 2021

All12:3013:0013:3014:0514:4015:1515:50

Forbra Gold Cup Handicap Chase

  • 5YO plus  |   Class 3  |   2m 7f 171y  |   Good to Soft  |   8 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:05  |   Winning time: 6m 27.38s
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Cloth number
Odds
Star rating
Horse A-Z
1
Horse silk
Valtor61
Age: 12|  Weight: 12-0| J: D A Jacob| T: N J Henderson| OR:  142| D
11/1
Couple of good efforts last term and went with more encouragement than the result implies on his reappearance. Unable to build on that twice since but mark is easing.
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2
Horse silk
Wandrin Start68
Age: 10|  Weight: 11-12| J: David Bass| T: K Bailey & M Nicholls| OR:  140| D
13/2
Enhanced good record fresh when runner-up on first start following a wind op at Ascot in November. In nothing like the same form in the Rowland Merrick a month later.
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Timeform
3
Horse silk
Champagne Mystery26
Age: 7|  Weight: 11-7| J: N de Boinville| T: N J Henderson| OR:  135
10/3
Wide-margin winner on chasing debut at Aintree (19.9f) last season but unable to build on that thereafter. Fell early after wind op in Caspian Caviar Gold Cup on return and then pulled up at Sandown.
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Timeform
4
Horse silk
Rocco54
Age: 8|  Weight: 11-3| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| OR:  131| D
4/1
Fairly useful hurdler/chaser who ran as well as he ever has when hitting the crossbar at Kempton (20.5f) in November. Failed to go with any fluency despite being upped to 3m at that venue latest.
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Timeform
5
Horse silk
Ready And Able42
Age: 8|  Weight: 11-1| J: R P McLernon| T: J & A O'Neill| OR:  129| D
17/2
Useful hurdler at best and also won 3-runner novice chase in July 2019. Heavy defeats completed starts this season raises questions, however.
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Timeform
6
Horse silk
Calipso Collongest26
Age: 9|  Weight: 11-0| J: Fergus Gregory(3)| T: O Murphy| OR:  128
4/1
Just one win to his name over fences. Sets a couple of stiff tasks during the turn of the year and offered more eased slightly in class when third at Sandown a month ago.
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Timeform
7
Horse silk
As You Like14
Age: 10|  Weight: 10-13| J: W T Kennedy| T: J & A O'Neill| OR:  127| D
20/1
Tends to peak during the summer, as he did last year when adding to his tally at Southwell in July. Little impact on last 6 starts but drying ground will help his cause.
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Timeform
8
Horse silk
Head To The Stars28
Age: 10|  Weight: 10-11| J: T J O'Brien| T: H D Daly| OR:  125| CD
13/2
Landed this race a year ago and now finds himself 1 lb lower in the weights but that's but that's courtesy of 3 heavy defeats so far this season.
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Timeform

Forecasts

Champagne Mystery (10/3), Rocco (4/1), Calipso Collonges (4/1), Head To The Stars (13/2), Wandrin Star (13/2), Ready And Able (17/2), Valtor (11/1), As You Like (20/1)

Verdict

Working out which of these will be on a 'going day' is no easy assignment, with CHAMPAGNE MYSTERY getting the very tentative vote up in trip. Calipso Collonges and Rocco are potential threats.

  1. CHAMPAGNE MYSTERY (IRE)
  2. CALIPSO COLLONGES (FR)
  3. ROCCO (IRE)

Previous Winners

2020
Head To The Stars
Weight: 10-12  |Age: 9
J: Hugh Nugent  |  T: H D Daly
4/1

Prize Money

1st: £9,487.002nd: £2,786.003rd: £1,393.004th: £696.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00

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