December 04 / 14.35 Ludlow

14.35

Good To Soft

Corrie Cup Handicap Chase (Challenger Staying Chase Series Qualifier)

  • Prize money: £9505.8
  • 3m 1f 125y
  • Class 3
  • 7 runners
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Corrie Cup Handicap Chase (Challenger Staying Chase Series Qualifier)

Runners: 7 runners

Type: Chase Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Showers

7/2 (Won)

  • Win: £4.00
  • Place: £1.80

Form: 3311-3

Last run: 25 days

W: 11st 4lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 124

Form & Verdict
Runner-up in this race a year ago and subsequently displayed improvement to win twice in blinkers (2m2f/2m5f); ran quite well (without blinkers, as today) on last month's reappearance outing and is arguably the one in this line-up with least to prove.
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Verdict Starting price

15

3rd May 2025

Yielding

3m 7f 68y

15:05 Punchestown

Dreaming Blue

10st 7lb

J: Rex Dingle

T: Anthony Honeyball

in touch with leaders, prominent 7th

15/2

15

3rd May 2025

Yielding

3m 7f 68y

15:05 Punchestown

Dreaming Blue

10st 7lb

J: Rex Dingle

T: Anthony Honeyball

in touch with leaders, prominent 7th

15/2

5th

5

8th Mar 2025

Good

3m 0f 37y

Class 3

15:35 Sandown

Dreaming Blue

11st 2lb

J: Rex Dingle

T: Anthony Honeyball

Three wins last year (2m2f-3m1f, heavy-good) and returned to his best with good second over C&D (heavy) last month in reapplied blinkers (retained); 2lb higher than last time and has solid claims.

5/2

11/4

  • Place: £1.50

Form: 342/2- C

Last run: 572 days

W: 11st 9lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 129

Form & Verdict
Runner-up off this mark when fitted with cheekpieces for valuable series final at Haydock (3m1f, good to soft) in April 2023 and also ran well in defeat at Market Rasen (3m, good to soft) the following month; has fitness to prove after 572-day absence, though, and resumes without headgear.
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7th

2

24th Apr 2025

Good To Soft

3m 0f 30y

Class 3

18:40 Bangor-on-Dee

Frenchy Du Large

12st 0lb

J: Ned Fox

T: Venetia Williams

pressed leader

9/2

7th

2

24th Apr 2025

Good To Soft

3m 0f 30y

Class 3

18:40 Bangor-on-Dee

Frenchy Du Large

12st 0lb

J: Ned Fox

T: Venetia Williams

pressed leader

9/2

4

13th Feb 2025

Soft

3m 0f 37y

Class 3

15:05 Sandown

Frenchy Du Large

12st 0lb

J: Sgt Nick Oliver

T: Venetia Williams

May have bounced when pulled up on heavy ground at Haydock in December on second start back from a long absence, and he's had wind surgery since; prior to that he reappeared with a good second at Ludlow (3m1f, good to soft) and is a major player if rediscovering that form; has won on soft.

11/4

Form: P68P-0

Last run: 40 days

W: 11st 3lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 123

Form & Verdict
Out of form over fences and hurdles for Sandy Thomson last season and made low-key reappearance (over hurdles) for new stable at Cheltenham in October; lurks on a very good mark and is unexposed over this sort of trip but needs to turn a corner.
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4

4th Feb 2025

Good To Soft

2m 7f 16y

Class 4

15:10 Market Rasen

Bass Rock

11st 9lb

J: Miss Olive Nicholls

T: Georgina Nicholls

Better handicapped now and signs of a revival when third in a Ludlow handicap chase in December, only to then pull-up at Kempton; difficult to know what to expect on this return to hurdles with cheekpieces added.

14/1

2nd

4

4th Feb 2025

Good To Soft

2m 7f 16y

Class 4

15:10 Market Rasen

Bass Rock

11st 9lb

J: Miss Olive Nicholls

T: Georgina Nicholls

Better handicapped now and signs of a revival when third in a Ludlow handicap chase in December, only to then pull-up at Kempton; difficult to know what to expect on this return to hurdles with cheekpieces added.

14/1

17

27th Dec 2024

Good

3m 0f 0y

Class 3

15:08 Kempton

Bass Rock

11st 1lb

J: Lorcan Williams

T: Georgina Nicholls

Had a long spell of mediocre results but he's much better handicapped now and his recent run behind Dreaming Blue at Ludlow (3m1f, good to soft) showed he was turning a corner for his new yard; needs more but he could be just at the start of a comeback; not dismissed.

12/1

Form: -31078 D

Last run: 18 days

W: 11st 4lb

11 yo Gelding

OR: 124

Form & Verdict
Nine-time chase winner, most recently at Perth (3m, good) in July; has not shown much on his two starts since returning from a break this autumn, though, and is no longer the force of old.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

3rd

4

21st Jun 2025

Good

3m 0f 30y

Class 4

17:15 Bangor-on-Dee

Cap Du Nord

11st 7lb

J: Jack Tudor

T: Christian Williams

Not quite a year since he won off a 20lb higher mark at Perth (3m, good); insufficient encouragement on last two stasrts, even allowing for the inadequacy of the trip, and hopes rest with the return of the cheekpieces worn for last four wins.

8/1

4th

6

23rd May 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

17:23 Worcester

Cap Du Nord

10st 13lb

J: Jack Tudor

T: Christian Williams

Has won plenty during his career but now on the downgrade and has struggled this year; needs further as well.

10/1

4th

6

23rd May 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

17:23 Worcester

Cap Du Nord

10st 13lb

J: Jack Tudor

T: Christian Williams

Has won plenty during his career but now on the downgrade and has struggled this year; needs further as well.

10/1

OUR TIP

Form: 6132/7

Last run: 43 days

W: 11st 6lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 126

Form & Verdict
Very lightly raced since winning chase debut at Exeter (3m, good) in November 2022 and returned from long layoff with 44l defeat over that C&D (good to soft) six weeks ago; entitled to have needed that outing but his current ability is tricky to gauge.
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Verdict Starting price

3

28th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

3m 0f 10y

Class 4

15:45 Uttoxeter

Masters Legacy

12st 0lb

J: Sean Houlihan

T: Philip Hobbs & Johnson White

Well treated on old form but he's been lightly raced since his chase win at Exeter (3m, good) in November 2022; returned from 11 months off with fair fourth at Ascot in November but he was tailed off at Hereford the following month; cheekpieces are now added and he has something to prove after another break.

16/1

Form: /8PPP- D

Last run: 318 days

W: 11st 5lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 125

Form & Verdict
Had very disappointing campaign for David Pipe last season and has been absent since pulled up in Lingfield marathon in January; on a very good mark now, though, and may have been refreshed by combination of 318-day break and a change of scenery.
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Verdict Starting price

2nd

3

21st Feb 2026

Good To Soft

4m 1f 56y

Class 2

14:43 Newcastle

Only The Bold

10st 3lb

J: Jonathan Burke

T: Jamie Snowden

Staged a major revival last May/June and finished well for close third in veterans' event at Sandown (3m) in November, but not so good on latest start; pulled up on both attempts at about 3m5f/3m6f, admittedly two winters back but a stronger promise of stamina would be preferred.

18/1

1st

10

29th Jun 2025

Good

3m 2f 13y

Class 2

14:00 Uttoxeter

Only The Bold

10st 2lb

J: Gavin Sheehan

T: Jamie Snowden

Would probably prefer slower ground and he got outpaced before running on to finish third over 3m1f at Aintree the final time (good; second run for this yard); looks vulnerable for win purposes and he's 1lb wrong at the weights.

16/1

3rd

4

16th May 2025

Good

3m 0f 210y

Class 2

18:55 Aintree

Only The Bold

10st 11lb

J: Gavin Sheehan

T: Jamie Snowden

Pulled up on final three starts for David Pipe in 2023-24 season but, following a layoff, was in process of running well for new stable before chance-ending jumping error in home straight at Ludlow (3m1f, good to soft) in December; not seen again since and not sure to be ideally suited by the faster ground here but remains well handicapped on old form.

6/1

Form: 7-F450 D

Last run: 18 days

W: 10st 9lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 115

Form & Verdict
Shaped well on seasonal debut at Chepstow (2m7f, good to soft) in October and was very respectable fifth at Cheltenham (3m1f, good) later that month; didn't fire when back at Cheltenham 18 days ago but this race is less competitive and he's on a good mark.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

8

4th Dec 2024

Good To Soft

3m 1f 125y

Class 3

14:35 Ludlow

Strictlyadancer

10st 9lb

J: Nick Scholfield

T: Christian Williams

Shaped well on seasonal debut at Chepstow (2m7f, good to soft) in October and was very respectable fifth at Cheltenham (3m1f, good) later that month; didn't fire when back at Cheltenham 18 days ago but this race is less competitive and he's on a good mark.

13/2

8

4th Dec 2024

Good To Soft

3m 1f 125y

Class 3

14:35 Ludlow

Strictlyadancer

10st 9lb

J: Nick Scholfield

T: Christian Williams

Shaped well on seasonal debut at Chepstow (2m7f, good to soft) in October and was very respectable fifth at Cheltenham (3m1f, good) later that month; didn't fire when back at Cheltenham 18 days ago but this race is less competitive and he's on a good mark.

13/2

11th

9

16th Nov 2024

Good

3m 1f 0y

Class 3

13:10 Cheltenham

Strictlyadancer

10st 10lb

J: Mr J L Gleeson

T: Christian Williams

Won this in 2021 and he hasn't run badly on his two starts this autumn, latest when 14l fifth of 18 over C&D (good); however, he needs a bigger performance today if he's to snap an 11-race losing sequence.

11/1

Non-runners

Found On

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £9.30
Straight Forecast £9.42
Tricast £28.45
Trifecta £42.50

Selections

POSTDATA:

Dreaming Blue

SPOTLIGHT:

Only The Bold

Daily Mail:

Frenchy Du Large

RP RATINGS:

Strictlyadancer

WEST COUNTRY:

Masters Legacy

TOPSPEED:

Cap Du Nord

LAMBOURN:

Only The Bold

D Express:

Only The Bold

The Guardian:

Dreaming Blue

Daily Mirror:

Dreaming Blue

The Sun:

Dreaming Blue

The Star:

Frenchy Du Large

Daily Record:

Frenchy Du Large

The Times:

Strictlyadancer

Telegraph:

Strictlyadancer