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15:00 Ludlow

Richard Strachan Retirement Handicap Chase (Class 4)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 3m 1f 125y
  • Going: Good
  • Surface: Turf
  • £15,000 added
  • Winner: £7,407
  • 2nd: £3,412
  • 3rd: £1,705
  • 4th: £854
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 6m 34.30s
  • Off Time: 15:00:20
  • 5 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Mr Mafia (IRE)

16/1

    2
    Silk -

    Vivas (FR)

    7/2

      1
      Silk - Black, white cross of lorraine and armlets, quartered cap

      Mr Mafia (IRE)

      17 p D
      16/1
      • Form 311P4-5
      • Age 13
      • Weight 12-0
      • Official Rating 122

      tracked leader, led 4th, headed after next, led 6th, clear 2 out, stayed on gamely

      2
      Silk - Dark blue and white check, white sleeves, dark blue stars, white cap, dark blue star

      Vivas (FR)

      33 pt
      7/2
      • Form U2P433-
      • Age 11
      • Weight 11-12
      • Official Rating 120

      chased leaders, driven after 4 out, went 2nd 2 out, no impression on winner

      3
      Silk - WHITE, RED seams, RED and WHITE quartered cap

      Fugitives Drift (IRE)

      21 BF
      5/2
      • Form 3/1PP2-2
      • Age 7
      • Weight 11-11
      • Official Rating 119

      chased leaders on outside, bumped 1st, not fluent next, lost place 4th, slow 6th, mistake 8th, pulled up before next

      4
      Silk - Emerald Green, Red Cross of Lorraine, Light Green sleeves, Red cap

      Oxwich Bay (IRE)

      12 p
      4/1
      • Form 46P21-2
      • Age 10
      • Weight 11-3
      • Official Rating 111

      jumped left at times, chased leaders, not fluent 4th or when lost place 9th, blundered 18th, soon behind

      5
      Silk - Black, light blue chevron, armlets and cap

      The Late Legend

      32 pt D
      2/1
      • Form 324P41-
      • Age 9
      • Weight 11-2
      • Official Rating 110

      led until 4th, led after next, headed 6th, ridden after 18th, blundered 3 out, weakened and lost 2nd next

      Previous results

      2021
      Silk -

      Boughtbeforelunch (IRE)

      3/1
      • Age 8
      • Weight 11-7

      In depth

      Verdict

      Mr Mafia is looking a light of former days while it is almost three years since Vivas last won a race, though he hasn’t been running badly this spring. Oxwich Bay and Fugitives Drift have a chance on the form book but aren’t really proven over this sort of trip. THE LATE LEGEND was left clear by the last-fence fall of Dazzling Glory at Warwick and is 5lb higher. But Tom Weston’s stayer is still well treated on his form from the season before last and can complete a double.

      Formwatch

      Mr Mafia (IRE) 22-1 (11-9) Led until after 3rd, led 5th, headed 7th, led 9th, headed after next, lost place before 12th, well behind 14th, 5th of 7, dist behind Broken Quest (12-0) at Market Rasen 3m hcp (3) gd in May.

      Vivas (FR) 10-3 (11-8) Waited with in 4th, went 3rd 15th, pushed along before 4 out, stayed on same pace, 3rd of 5, 5 3/4l behind Broken Quest (11-12) at Ludlow 3m hcp (3) gd in Apr.

      Fugitives Drift (IRE) 9-4fav (12-0) In touch, pushed along in 5th home turn, ridden and no impression after 2 out, stayed on run-in, no chance with winner, 2nd of 7, 7 1/2l behind Zyon (11-7) at Kempton 2m 5f hcp (4) gd in May.

      Oxwich Bay (IRE) 8-1 (11-13) Towards rear, in touch, jumped into 3rd 4 out, soon tracked leader, led narrowly 2 out and ridden, bad mistake and blundered final fence where headed, stayed on but not recover, 2nd of 5, 1 3/4l behind Al Roc (12-2) at Newton Abbot 2m 5f hcp (4) gd in May.

      The Late Legend 15-2 (11-0) Jumped right, always prominent, led 10th, mistake 14th, pressed when left a few lengths clear last, ridden out, won at Warwick 3m hcp (4) gd in Apr beating Young Offender (11-10) by 2 3/4l, 7 ran.