13:55 Ludlow

Wednesday 10 January 2018

All12:5013:2013:5514:2515:0015:3516:05

Heath Farm Meats Chase (Novices' Limited Handicap)

Off time: 13:56 | Winning time: 5m 17.4s

1^st

Hey Bill

811-3

14/1

T: D Killahena & G McPhersonJ: Kielan Woods

Chased leader, jumped left at times, mistake 12th, led 3 out, not fluent 2 out, pressed last, driven flat, held on well tchd 11/1 and tchd 16/1

2^nd

Megabucks

711-3

3/1f

T: Henry OliverJ: T J O'Brien

Tracked leaders, blundered 13th, went left 3 out, chased winner 2 out, every chance last, held close home tchd 7/2

3^rd

Free Range

811-7

12/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Held up in rear, blundered 3rd, mistake 7th, headway on outside after 13th, mistake and hampered 4 out, blundered 2 out, went 3rd last, no impression on front pair tchd 11/1 and tchd 14/1

4^th

2 ¾

Old Salt

611-6

12/1

T: Evan WilliamsJ: Adam Wedge

Towards rear, ridden 10th, headway 3 out, disputing 3rd last, one pace tchd 11/1

5^th

3 ½

Volt Face

911-12

25/1

T: C E LongsdonJ: J J Burke

Chased leaders, mistake and reminder 3rd, mistake next, blundered 7th, some headway when not fluent 4 out, blundered 2 out, never able to get near leaders, not fluent last op 20/1

6^th

Dark Mahler

711-3

4/1

T: Miss E C LavelleJ: Nick Scholfield

Chased leaders, not fluent 3rd, lost place 6th, closed 12th, went left and baulked 4 out, mistake 2 out, no extra in 5th last op 9/2 tchd 5/1

7^th

Wandrin Star

711-8

7/2

T: K Bailey & M NichollsJ: David Bass

Jumped left, led, not fluent 2nd, headed 3 out, weakened last tchd 4/1

8^th

4 ½

Secret Door

711-13

13/2

T: H FryJ: D A Jacob

Held up in rear, headway 11th, lost place 13th, well held from 4 out op 8/1 tchd 6/1

Also Ran

Farm The Rock

711-2

12/1

T: Katy PriceJ: Benjamin Poste

Mid-division, headway 5th, pressing leaders when fell 4 out op 11/1 tchd 10/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£14.00Pl:£4.10, £1.70, £3.10EX:£63.00Trifecta:£1,681.20Tricast:£529.64SF:£57.21Swingers:£11.10, £39.00, £6.00

Forecasts

Megabucks (3/1), Wandrin Star (7/2), Dark Mahler (4/1), Secret Door (13/2), Free Range (12/1), Old Salt (12/1), Farm The Rock (12/1), Hey Bill (14/1), Volt Face (25/1)

Secret Door and Volt Face have claims on their best form but recent efforts raise doubts as to whether that can be reproduced here. Winning point-to-pointers Wandrin Star, Megabucks and Farm The Rock all have potential to do better than they have shown so far, whilst Dark Mahler beat a much weaker field here in November. Old Salt looks the type to step up considerably on what we have seen so far over fences, but the vote goes to HEY BILL. The dual-winning hurdler has dropped to his last winning mark and will be better for his debut over fences last month. That was his third run back from a year's absence and he travelled well for much of the way in a strongly run race.

Hey Bill
Megabucks
Dark Mahler

Prize Money

1st: £6,888.002nd: £2,022.003rd: £1,011.004th: £506.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00