14:00 Ludlow

Monday 22 November 2021

All12:5013:2514:0014:3515:0515:35

Thank You Andrew Ballham Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:00 | Winning time: 5m 50.90s

1^st

Art Of Diplomacy

511-11

17/2

T: Dr R D P NewlandJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Held up towards rear, not fluent 2nd, closed before 4th, jumped left 6th, close 3rd 3 out, challenged 2 out, led soon after, edged right, drew clear towards finish op 9/1 tchd 8/1 and tchd 10/1

2^nd

4 ¼

Our Idic Boy

710-0

8/15f

T: Ian WilliamsJ: C J Todd (3)

Held up rear of mid-division, headway after 9th, jumped left and led 3 out, jumped left next, soon hung left, headed soon after last and hung again, no impression towards finish op 8/13 tchd 4/9

3^rd

2 ½

Top Man

711-11

7/2

T: C GordonJ: J E Moore

Led until after 1st, prominent, led 9th, headed 3 out, 3rd and held from last op 11/4 tchd 4/1

4^th

Golden Glory

711-1

66/1

T: R StephensJ: C Gethings

Held up towards rear, not fluent 9th, headway before 3 out, went 4th 2 out, no impression on leaders op 50/1 tchd 80/1

5^th

2 ½

Racing Spirit

910-0

16/1

T: Dave RobertsJ: Lee Edwards

Held up towards rear, mistake 6th, some headway before 3 out, no impression, 5th when mistake last tchd 14/1

6^th

6 ½

Lough Derg Lyric

910-12

22/1

T: A WatsonJ: Miss Brodie Hampson (3)

Prominent, led before 8th, headed next, weakened 2 out op 20/1

7^th

5 ½

Sue Be It

1010-6

25/1

T: Mrs N S EvansJ: Ben Jones

Behind, ridden before 3 out, no impression tchd 28/1

8^th

5 ½

Get An Oscar

711-0

40/1

T: P & M BowenJ: James Bowen

Jumped left 1st, soon led, slow 2nd, headed before 8th, weakened 2 out op 33/1

9^th

Holly James

711-9

28/1

T: Evan WilliamsJ: Adam Wedge

Held up in touch, pushed along and weakened before 3 out op 25/1 tchd 33/1

Also Ran

Trooper Jones

611-12

80/1

T: Mrs M RowleyJ: Alex Edwards (3)

In touch in mid-division on outside, lost place after 9th, soon behind, pulled up before 3 out tchd 66/1

General Picton

910-7

125/1

T: R LukeJ: R Patrick

Chased leaders, weakened after 9th, pulled up before 3 out op 100/1 tchd 150/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£9.50Pl:£2.30, £1.10, £1.70EX:£18.10Trifecta:£56.00Tricast:£22.53SF:£14.06Swingers:£2.20, £2.80, £1.30

Forecasts

Our Idic Boy (8/15), Top Man (7/2), Art Of Diplomacy (17/2), Racing Spirit (16/1), Lough Derg Lyric (22/1), Sue Be It (25/1), Holly James (28/1), Get An Oscar (40/1), Golden Glory (66/1), Trooper Jones (80/1), General Picton (125/1)

OUR IDIC BOY is a sizeable gelding who's showing the benefit of a very patient approach and confirmed his reappearance promise when off the mark in good style at Newcastle on Thursday. Effectively only 5 lb higher here under a penalty, he's taken to follow up at the main expense of fellow-penalised winner Top Man, who took advantage of his reduced mark when seeming suited by this trip at Plumpton.

OUR IDIC BOY (IRE)
TOP MAN (IRE)
ART OF DIPLOMACY

Previous Winners

2020

Belatrix Lestrange

Weight: 11-6 |Age: 5

J: R Johnson | T: H D Daly

2/1

Prize Money

1st: £4,139.002nd: £1,907.003rd: £953.004th: £477.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00