15:55 Ludlow

Thursday 24 October 2024

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KLF Insurance Brokers Champion Stakes Handicap Hurdle (Div 1)

Off time: 15:55 | Winning time: 4m 54.1s

1^st

Prince De Juilley

712-0

8/1

T: A RalphJ: J J Burke

Chased leader, led 6th until next, led narrowly again 8th, made most after, driven and stayed on strongly run-in op 17/2 tchd 9/1

2^nd

Faerie Cutlass

611-4

10/3

T: K Bailey & M NichollsJ: Thomas Bellamy

Held up in rear, good headway chasing leaders before 3 out, went 2nd at the last, driven and stayed on run-in, never going pace to reach winner op 9/2

3^rd

Newtonian

710-10

16/1

T: M SheppardJ: Stan Sheppard

Soon in mid-division, headway chasing leaders home turn, went 2nd turning in, lost 2nd at the last, kept on run-in, never going pace to reach winner op 18/1 tchd 22/1

4^th

Pooch

410-4

11/1

T: D McCain JnrJ: William Maggs (5)

Held up in last pair, headway out wide going well home turn, ridden and stayed on run-in, never going pace to reach winner op 16/1 tchd 18/1

5^th

Rubys Reward

810-3

13/2

T: Mrs D A HamerJ: Ben Jones

Bit keen, led until 6th and dropped to 3rd, ridden out wide after 3 out, driven and no extra in 5th run-in op 8/1 tchd 9/1

6^th

Absolutely Fine

510-12

9/4f

T: D SkeltonJ: Kielan Woods

Never closer than mid-division op 7/4 tchd 13/8 and tchd 11/4

7^th

1 ¼

The Last Melon

1210-2

200/1

T: J BennettJ: William Featherstone (7)

Chased leaders, went 2nd 6th, led next until 8th, chased winner until pushed along turning in, weakened before 2 out op 250/1 tchd 150/1

8^th

Mac's Xpress

611-10

66/1

T: C EllamJ: Brendan Powell

Off the pace towards rear, pushed along and struggling in mid-division home turn, soon weakened, tailed off op 40/1

Also Ran

Ginger Jonny

611-2

6/1

T: C E LongsdonJ: David Bass

Chased leaders on inside, weakened after 4 out, tailed off and pulled up before next op 9/2

Propelled

711-0

10/1

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Mid-division on inside, mistake 4 out, soon lost place, behind and pulled up before the last tchd 9/1

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Non-Runners

Maska Du Morvan¹⁴

Weight: 10-4| Age: 7

T: Joe Ponting J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£9.00Pl:£2.40, £1.20, £4.00EX:£36.90Trifecta:£369.10Tricast:£425.63SF:£36.03Swingers:£5.30, £13.20, £8.20

Forecasts

Absolutely Fine (9/4), Faerie Cutlass (10/3), Ginger Jonny (6/1), Rubys Reward (13/2), Prince De Juilley (8/1), Propelled (10/1), Pooch (11/1), Newtonian (16/1), Maska Du Morvan (33/1), Mac's Xpress (66/1), The Last Melon (200/1)

If there is one of these who is better than their current mark it's surely ABSOLUTELY FINE, who shaped well when third on his handicap debut at Worcester last month and he can be expected to build on that here. Faerie Cutlass gets the nod for forecast purposes ahead of Rubys Reward.