12:45 Ludlow

Wednesday 30 November 2022

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Ludlow Brewery John Walters Novices' Claiming Hurdle

Off time: 12:45 | Winning time: 3m 53.90s

Lusaka^t1¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: S Bowen| T: O Murphy| OR: 102

11/5

Fairly useful maiden on Flat in Ireland. Fair form at best over hurdles for new yard to date, bad mistake last and rallying near finish when close-up third in a Leicester maiden (15.5f) 16 days ago. Claims down in class. Tongue tied.

Form: 42223

Swearer⁵⁹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: M G Nolan| T: J Tickle

50/1

€1,000 3-y-o, Kalanisi gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to fair hurdler (19f-21f winner) Theme Tune. Successful on second of 2 starts in points (April 2021). Market should guide now attentions are switched to hurdling.

Form: 61/

Zuraig^h1⁵⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Danny Burton⁽⁵⁾| T: B J Llewellyn| OR: 102

9/1

Fair Flat winner hasn't yet reached that level in 3 starts over jumps, reportedly bled when third at Uttoxeter on stable debut early last month. Hood goes on now down in grade and he's not dismissed out of hand.

Form: 83-3

Tribal Commander^p,t¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Charlie Price⁽³⁾| T: Mrs S Leech| OR: 81| D

14/1

Fair Flat winner but out of sorts in that sphere in recent months and he didn't offer a great deal during first stint hurdling for his previous stable.

Form: 66/8P-

Baliyad^t¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 10-10| J: Finn Lambert⁽⁷⁾| T: M Sheppard| OR: 81

7/2

7-y-o who bagged a Stratford selling handicap in September and best effort subsequently when runner-up at Wincanton (15.2f) 13 days ago, sticking to his task. A repeat can see him in the mix.

Form: 1066P2

Evron^p,t⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-10| J: Stan Sheppard| T: M Sheppard| OR: 88

17/2

Maiden under Rules (mostly in France) but he did win a point in late-2021. However, well held both starts over hurdles in recent weeks, including over further here 9 days ago.

Form: UP-2P8P

Lopes Dancer²⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 10-10| J: Callum Bewley| T: H Bethell

22/1

Veteran who bagged pair of small-field events on AW earlier this year and he wasn't given an overly hard time on first start over hurdles since 2018 when midfield in a Market Rasen maiden 3 weeks ago. This more suitable.

Form: 6/5

Ring The Moon^t,v1⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 10-10| J: Adam Wedge| T: Evan Williams| OR: 90| D

8/1

Notched third chase success at Ffos Las in March and followed up in novice selling hurdle at Exeter 13 days later. Not fired in 2 chase tries so far this winter and first-time visor needs to perk him up returned to hurdling now.

Form: PP11-0P

Coastal Sun^t²²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-3| J: J J Burke| T: A Ralph| OR: 89

12/1

Fair form over hurdles in France for J. Delaunay, best effort when second in claimer at Angouleme (18.9f) in May. Low-key efforts since switched to this side of the channel though, albeit doing too much too soon under change of tactics at Hereford latest.

Form: 4237P8

Lady P^v³³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-3| J: Lewis Dobb⁽⁷⁾| T: J Coulson| OR: 72

12/1

Maiden who ran well when fourth at Uttoxeter (15.7f) on penultimate start and whilst she failed to build on that up in trip at that venue 5 weeks ago she ought to find things less demanding here.

Form: 00-2747

Forecasts

Lusaka (11/5), Baliyad (7/2), Ring The Moon (8/1), Evron (17/2), Zuraig (9/1), Coastal Sun (12/1), Lady P (12/1), Tribal Commander (14/1), Lopes Dancer (22/1), Swearer (50/1)

A trappy opener but LUSAKA does at least bring a level of consistency to the table and he could be the way to go eased in grade. Baliyad, who ran well when runner-up at Wincanton, is a threat with a repeat, ahead of Zuraig and Ring The Moon in a first-time visor.