17:20 Ludlow

Thursday 21 March 2024

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Samco And PRB Horseboxes Open Hunters' Chase

Off time: 17:20 | Winning time: 5m 36.10s

Captain Tommy^p,t³²

Age: 10| Weight: 12-6| J: Toby McCain-Mitchell⁽⁷⁾| T: Fred Timmis| OR: 115| BF| C

6/1

First run since leaving Ian Williams and improved to win 5-runner hunter chase (20/1) at this course (23.8f, soft) 43 days ago by 3 lengths from Shang Tang, very much having run of race. Has more on his plate after a disappointing run in a point since.

Form: 53P41P

Espoir De Guye^t²²

Age: 10| Weight: 12-6| J: Miss N Parker⁽³⁾| T: S Loxton| OR: 130| D

1/2

Useful chaser at his best and, returned to positive tactics, looked to retain all of that ability when scoring at Wincanton 22 days ago and is worth a chance to follow up.

Form: P/856-31

Dalahast^t³²

Age: 11| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr James King| T: A B Leyshon| OR: 96

50/1

Multiple chase winner in France but obviously not the force of old and is easily passed over on the back of some tame efforts in points.

Form: 533PP-P

Hazard Collonges^p1¹⁰⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: J Lovegrove-Fielden⁽⁷⁾| T: R Teague| OR: 100

200/1

Fair at best but hasn't been seen for 22 months under Rules and has shown little in points, so hard to make a case for.

Form: PP-P35P

Shang Tang^t¹¹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: Miss Aimee Jones⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss H Brookshaw| OR: 104| D

7/1

Fairly useful chaser who produced his best effort since joining this yard when second in a 5-runner affair here (23.8f, soft). Disappointed at Leicester next time but won a point recently.

Form: 673251

Missed Tee¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Miss Immy Robinson⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss V Collins| OR: 104| D

11/2

Fair hurdler. Fair winner at 20f over hurdles. First run since leaving Dan Skelton when pulled up in hunter chase at Stratford (20.9f, heavy, 9/2) 10 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 18-44PP

Non-Runners

Royal Act⁵⁸

Weight: 12-2| Age: 12

T: S-J Davies J: Non Runner

Before Midnight⁸⁰

Weight: 11-12| Age: 11

T: F O'Brien J: Ben Sutton

Forecasts

Espoir De Guye (1/2), Before Midnight (5/4), Missed Tee (11/2), Captain Tommy (6/1), Shang Tang (7/1), Dalahast (50/1), Royal Act (100/1), Hazard Collonges (200/1)

Having bounced back to make all at Wincanton 22 days ago, ESPOIR DE GUYE makes plenty of appeal in another thin race. Before Midnight has the slightly better recent form but has a poor run to put behind him, while there's hope for Captain Tommy if the aforementioned pair aren't quite on their game.