April 02 / 15.15 Ludlow

15.15

Good

Vera Davies Memorial Handicap Hurdle

  • Prize money: £3960.75
  • 2m 5f 55y
  • Class 5
  • 4 runners
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Vera Davies Memorial Handicap Hurdle

Runners: 4 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

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10/11 (Won)

  • Win: £1.91

Form: -55851

Last run: 8 days

W: 11st 7lb

6 yo Filly

OR: 85

Form & Verdict
Unable to justify strong market support when only fifth at Exeter (2m2f; wore cheekpieces) last month but cruised clear to win easily by 3l when returned to 3m and fitted with first-time blinkers at Taunton (good) eight days ago; should be hard to beat under 7lb penalty here.
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6th

7

18th Oct 2025

Good To Soft

2m 5f 122y

Class 4

16:15 Newton Abbot

Elusiveness

10st 12lb

J: Lorcan Williams

T: Jeremy Scott

3-3 since swapping cheekpieces for blinkers, the latest win gained at Haydock (3m, good) in April; subsequent six-month break may have checked her momentum but today's drop back in trip should not be a problem.

5/1

1st

4

19th Apr 2025

Good

3m 0f 58y

Class 4

16:25 Haydock

Elusiveness

11st 7lb

J: Lorcan Williams

T: Jeremy Scott

prominent, went second 2 out, challenging approaching last, ridden and led narrowly last, kept on

3/1

1st

4

19th Apr 2025

Good

3m 0f 58y

Class 4

16:25 Haydock

Elusiveness

11st 7lb

J: Lorcan Williams

T: Jeremy Scott

prominent, went second 2 out, challenging approaching last, ridden and led narrowly last, kept on

3/1

Form: 1/8-4P

Last run: 58 days

W: 10st 2lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 70

Form & Verdict
Won four-runner Fontwell handicap (3m2f, good) in spring 2023 and returned from long absence with encouraging fourth at Uttoxeter (2m4f, soft) in December but ran no race at Southwell in February and is 3lb wrong today; others look safer.
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5

4th Jun 2025

Good

3m 1f 170y

Class 5

14:35 Newton Abbot

Tellairsue

10st 11lb

J: Caoilin Quinn

T: David Bridgwater

Won over hurdles at Fontwell (3m2f, good) in April 2023 and was a close second at Ludlow (2m5f, good) two months ago; however, he'd dropped to the rear when falling on last week's chase debut here (2m5f, good); Illogical Logic was skipping along merrily in the lead at the time so he probably has work to do.

10/1

5

4th Jun 2025

Good

3m 1f 170y

Class 5

14:35 Newton Abbot

Tellairsue

10st 11lb

J: Caoilin Quinn

T: David Bridgwater

Won over hurdles at Fontwell (3m2f, good) in April 2023 and was a close second at Ludlow (2m5f, good) two months ago; however, he'd dropped to the rear when falling on last week's chase debut here (2m5f, good); Illogical Logic was skipping along merrily in the lead at the time so he probably has work to do.

10/1

4

28th May 2025

Good

2m 4f 216y

Class 5

15:18 Newton Abbot

Tellairsue

11st 1lb

J: Caoilin Quinn

T: David Bridgwater

Lightly raced since sole success in a handicap hurdle more than two years ago; competitive this year over hurdles but rarely impresses with his jumping and this is his chase debut.

7/2

Form: -46217 C

Last run: 139 days

W: 10st 9lb

11 yo Gelding

OR: 80

Form & Verdict
Four-tme hurdle winner (twice in Jersey); will be very well suited by the forecast good ground here but has been absent since a disappointing run in November and remains on a fairly tough mark.
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3rd

4

2nd Apr 2025

Good

2m 5f 55y

Class 5

15:15 Ludlow

No Worries

10st 9lb

J: Dylan Johnston

T: Neil Mulholland

Four-tme hurdle winner (twice in Jersey); will be very well suited by the forecast good ground here but has been absent since a disappointing run in November and remains on a fairly tough mark.

15/2

4

2nd Apr 2025

Good

2m 5f 55y

Class 5

15:15 Ludlow

No Worries

10st 9lb

J: Dylan Johnston

T: Neil Mulholland

Four-tme hurdle winner (twice in Jersey); will be very well suited by the forecast good ground here but has been absent since a disappointing run in November and remains on a fairly tough mark.

15/2

7th

9

14th Nov 2024

Good

2m 7f 16y

Class 5

15:15 Market Rasen

No Worries

10st 12lb

J: Dylan Johnston

T: Neil Mulholland

in touch with leaders

11/4

Form: -45571

Last run: 91 days

W: 11st 8lb

6 yo Colt

OR: 93

Form & Verdict
Displayed big jolt of improvement on latest outing three months ago, keeping on strongly to win by 12l in refitted hood at Fakenham (2m4f, good; well backed); 13lb higher here and form from that idiosyncratic track does not always transfer to other venues but further progress is possible.
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4th

4

25th May 2026

Good To Firm

2m 7f 129y

Class 5

13:00 Huntingdon

Crac De Megaudais

10st 8lb

J: Gavin Sheehan

T: Tom Gretton

2m4f hurdle winner on good ground; 0-5 as a chaser and failed to convince stamina-wise when stepped up to 3m at Southwell, finishing 28l off the winner; to give him the benefit of the doubt, that run was after a break.

11/2

3rd

5

11th May 2026

Good

3m 0f 60y

Class 5

14:42 Southwell

Crac De Megaudais

10st 12lb

J: Benjamin Macey

T: Tom Gretton

Won 2m4f hurdle at the start of 2025 and made a fairly encouraging chase debut when third of six at Newton Abbot (2m, good) one year ago; returned from break with three disappointing runs from November to January, though, and has questions to answer on first attempt at 3m; hood refitted.

12/1

Non-runners

El Rayo

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £5.70
Straight Forecast £6.00
Trifecta £13.10

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