16:20 Ludlow

Thursday 19 March 2026

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GC Rickards Ltd Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:21 | Winning time: 5m 11.88s

Krak⁶⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 12-2| J: J J Slevin| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| OR: 122

9/2

Handicap hurdle winner at Cork last April on his final run for Stuart Crawford but well held all 4 starts for current yard, including over fences.

Form: 31-6370

Don't Mind If I Do¹⁰²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-13| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: A King| OR: 119| BF

10/3

Runner-up in valuable Newbury bumper on debut and opened account over hurdles at Wincanton in December 2024. Yet to build on that promise, though he hinted at more to come when fifth at Huntingdon (2m) in December and longer trip may suit despite his free-going ways.

Form: 2/213-35

Sunshine Diamond^p⁴⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Bradley Harris⁽³⁾| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 118| BF

15/2

Two-time 3m novice winner over hurdles in 2024 and bounced back to something like his best (returned to positive tactics) when runner-up in a 3m2f handicap at Warwick on New Year's Eve. Shaped as if still in form when fourth at Market Rasen last month and respected back down in trip.

Form: 118-224

Stoner's Choice^t⁶²

Age: 11| Weight: 11-12| J: Fern O'Brien⁽⁵⁾| T: F O'Brien| OR: 118| D

10/3

In frame on 3 of his 4 outings last season but recent form has been patchy and predictably found things too competitive when seventh of 14 in a well-contested handicap hurdle at Windsor (16f, soft, 100/1) 62 days ago. Vulnerable to less exposed rivals again.

Form: 056057

Byzantium^h,t¹³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Jay Tidball⁽⁵⁾| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 113

13/2

On the up in the summer with wins in handicap at Warwick and novice at Newton Abbot. Might have needed the run after a 4-month break at Ascot in November but arrives here after a similar absence.

Form: PF-6114

Royal Way^p²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Sean Houlihan| T: G & J Moore| OR: 111| C

8/1

Winless since completing a hat-trick as a juvenile hurdler but showed promise from a reduced mark when third in a 15-runner handicap at Huntingdon in January. Just a respectable effort when filling the same position at Fontwell last month. Cheekpieces sported there are retained.

Form: P73-333

Windsor Blue⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: H D Daly| OR: 108| CD

7/1

Stoutly-bred mare who showed much improved form on her second start in handicaps to win a 12-runner event over C&D (soft) last month. 8 lb higher now but she's not yet fully exposed.

Form: 463541

Golden Glance^p,t⁸³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: Craig Nichol| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 107

22/1

Largely respectable efforts in handicaps during 2023/24 campaign but went with little promise returning from 21 months off at Wetherby on Boxing Day.

Form: 72245/7

Non-Runners

Walkadina⁹⁰

Weight: 11-11| Age: 7

T: D Pipe J: Jack Tudor

Forecasts

Don't Mind If I Do (10/3), Stoner's Choice (10/3), Krak (9/2), Byzantium (13/2), Windsor Blue (7/1), Walkadina (7/1), Sunshine Diamond (15/2), Royal Way (8/1), Golden Glance (22/1)

WINDSOR BLUE proved a different proposition over C&D last time and Henry Daly's unexposed mare can follow up from an 8 b higher mark. The free-going Don't Mind If I Do looks capable of scoring from this sort of mark if putting everything together, whilst Sunshine Diamond arrives here in decent heart and is also shortlisted.