14:15 Ludlow

Thursday 3 January 2019

All12:4013:1513:4514:1514:5015:25

RUK Racing Excellence 'Hands And Heels' Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:15 | Winning time: 6m 19.10s

1^st

Mistress Massini

810-10

6/4f

T: A J HoneyballJ: Rex Dingle

Held up in rear, headway 11th, challenged 4 out, led next, stayed on well

2^nd

1 ½

Follow The Swallow

1111-12

12/1

T: D Killahena & G McPhersonJ: Tom Humphries

Held up, not fluent 6th, headway 14th, challenged 3 out, not fluent 2 out, every chance flat, held towards finish op 9/1 tchd 14/1

3^rd

Great Tempo

612-0

4/1

T: D PipeJ: Fergus Gillard (5)

Jumped left at times, tracked leader from 1st until after 2nd, 2nd again 5th, led 4 out, headed 2 out, 3rd and beaten last op 7/1

4^th

Jonagold

811-4

10/1

T: Evan WilliamsJ: Mr Lewis Gordon

Chased leaders, not fluent 1st, went 2nd 3rd until 5th, hit 15th and lost place, modest 4th before 2 out tchd 8/1

5^th

Fly Home Harry

1012-0

5/1

T: C E LongsdonJ: Jordan Nailor

Led, mistake 15th, headed 4 out, no extra from next op 11/2 tchd 9/2 and tchd 6/1

Also Ran

Agent Memphis

711-10

4/1

T: K Bailey & M NichollsJ: C Brace

Prominent, pecked 1st, several slow jumps after, pushed along and lost place 5th, rallied after 11th until again slow 12th, struggling after well beaten 15th, pulled up before 4 out op 3/1

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Non-Runners

Black Jack Jaxon¹

Weight: 10-0| Age: 7

T: S Flook J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.20Pl:£1.50, £3.00EX:£18.00Trifecta:£72.00SF:£18.02Swingers:£3.90, £2.00, £2.60

Forecasts

Mistress Massini (6/4), Great Tempo (4/1), Agent Memphis (4/1), Fly Home Harry (5/1), Jonagold (10/1), Follow The Swallow (12/1), Black Jack Jaxon (66/1)

With this being a hands and heels race it may pay to side with FLY HOME HARRY who adapted well to forcing tactics for this yard last season. His handicap mark is attractive and he appeared to be coming to hand last time. Mistress Massini has a good record in point-to-points but she has looked more moderate on her latest starts under rules and Agent Memphis may be a bigger threat. The mare produced an improved effort last time but she was hard ridden to get as close as she did and a hands and heels race may not be the right event for her. Follow The Swallow would have gained an overdue win last time but a 9lb rise accounts for that and he has more on his plate here.

Fly Home Harry
Agent Memphis
Follow The Swallow

Previous Winners

2018

Hedgeinator

Weight: 12-0 |Age: 8

J: James Bowen | T: Christian Williams

11/8

Prize Money

1st: £5,263.002nd: £1,545.003rd: £773.004th: £386.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00