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Ludlow Course Guide
Racing takes place at Ludlow throughout the winter months with its feature race being the Forbra Gold Cup run in late February. The race, named in honour of Forbra, a 50/1 winner of the 1932 Grand National whose owner was based in Ludlow, usually attracts a competitive field.
Notable horses that have got their nose in front at the Shropshire track include 2009 Champion Hurdler Punjabi, Tamarinbleu, winner of the 2008 Victor Chandler Chase at Ascot, and Taranis, winner of the 2007 Ryanair Chase at the Cheltenham festival.
A sharp, right-handed, oval track, with a nine-fence chase circuit about a mile and a half and a run-in of 250 yards. The fences are easy, though the first fence in the home straight can catch horses out. The hurdle course, which runs on the outside of the chase course, has easier turns. Whereas the chase course is flat, the hurdle course has slight undulations but they rarely provide difficulties for a long-striding horse.
My old boss, Nicky Henderson, loves Ludlow and the list of horses to have won there reads like a who’s who of jump racing stars. That’s because, in order to be successful, you need one with a lot of speed - and you can win races over two miles with a non-stayer, just as long it wastes little time in the air. The fences are easy - some horses practically hurdle them - but, until they re-sited the first fence in the straight, we used to call it ‘Trappy Trevor’. It doesn’t seem to catch so many out these days.
View from the saddle: Mick Fitzgerald
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Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 1m 7f 212y Matterhorn (Good) 12 May 2024 3m 51.24s 2m 4f 11y Runswick Bay (Good) 06 Oct 2021 4m 47.1s 2m 7f 171y Hold Your Fort (Good to Firm) 08 Oct 2025 5m 52.31s 3m 1f 125y Minniemum (Good) 06 Nov 2025 6m 34.1s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 1m 7f 169y See The Sea (Good) 06 Oct 2021 3m 30.4s 2m 5f 55y Une De La Seniere (Good) 06 Oct 2021 4m 53.3s 2m 7f 174y Hardy Fella (Good to Soft) 26 Apr 2023 5m 40.85s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 1m 6f 7y Tchoupinminzac (Soft) 20 Jan 2022 3m 25.5s 1m 7f 169y Martha Willow (Good) 06 Oct 2021 3m 33.3s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies 32 7 £50,227 21.88% -£2.07 Miss V Williams 35 7 £41,406 20% -£1.63 Dan Skelton 25 7 £47,341 28% £9.00 Evan Williams 38 6 £43,569 15.79% -£9.50 H D Daly 34 5 £29,630 14.71% -£21.63 O Greenall & J Guerriero 18 4 £28,473 22.22% £17.63 Sheila Lewis 26 4 £24,821 15.38% -£1.50 P F Nicholls 11 4 £24,513 36.36% -£0.39 Miss E C Lavelle 13 3 £21,322 23.08% -£5.63 M Sheppard 11 3 £17,955 27.27% £3.20 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L F O'Brien 64 15 £71,070 23.44% -£12.91 B Pauling 28 12 £55,204 42.86% £23.75 Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies 45 9 £42,114 20% -£0.28 Miss E C Lavelle 18 7 £33,815 38.89% £16.50 A Ralph 67 6 £32,165 8.96% -£10.75 H D Daly 43 6 £24,838 13.95% £5.60 K C Bailey 28 5 £20,861 17.86% -£7.27 Evan Williams 39 5 £37,213 12.82% -£8.25 Jamie Snowden 15 5 £36,142 33.33% -£0.59 James Owen 13 5 £22,445 38.46% £0.38 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L F O'Brien 11 4 £13,072 36.36% £12.50 Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies 11 2 £6,263 18.18% £0.83 Jonjo & A J O'Neill 6 1 £3,268 16.67% £2.50 Evan Williams 6 1 £3,812 16.67% -£0.50 C E Longsdon 5 1 £3,268 20% £3.00 Harry Derham 3 1 £3,268 33.33% -£0.50 N J Henderson 6 1 £3,268 16.67% £0.00 Jamie Snowden 3 1 £3,268 33.33% £0.13 N P Mulholland 3 1 £3,268 33.33% £23.00 Miss S West 3 1 £2,451 33.33% £6.00 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Toby McCain-Mitchell 12 6 £34,603 50% £16.50 Sam Twiston-Davies 40 5 £32,215 12.5% -£21.94 Charlie Deutsch 29 5 £34,855 17.24% -£2.09 H Cobden 11 5 £33,271 45.45% £2.16 Adam Wedge 19 4 £28,782 21.05% £1.25 J J Burke 23 3 £14,787 13.04% -£4.13 James Best 22 3 £14,259 13.64% £10.50 Callum Pritchard 8 3 £17,114 37.5% £4.70 Stan Sheppard 13 3 £17,955 23.08% £1.20 Jonjo O'Neill Jr. 8 3 £18,747 37.5% £9.75 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Sam Twiston-Davies 67 14 £62,895 20.9% -£3.70 J J Burke 56 9 £39,081 16.07% -£3.89 Thomas Bellamy 33 8 £36,621 24.24% £6.00 R Patrick 23 5 £25,893 21.74% £31.50 Kielan Woods 25 5 £24,161 20% -£2.68 G Sheehan 23 5 £35,746 21.74% -£11.76 Callum Pritchard 15 5 £22,643 33.33% £6.70 James Bowen 24 4 £29,673 16.67% -£13.69 Joe Anderson 19 4 £18,616 21.05% £9.75 Paul O'Brien 13 4 £17,428 30.77% -£4.29 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Jack Hogan 2 2 £6,536 100% £16.00 Sam Twiston-Davies 11 1 £3,812 9.09% -£6.67 Thomas Bellamy 5 1 £2,451 20% £2.50 J J Burke 4 1 £3,268 25% £22.00 G Sheehan 7 1 £3,268 14.29% -£3.88 C J Todd 4 1 £2,451 25% £0.00 Paul O'Brien 3 1 £3,268 33.33% -£0.50 Isabel Williams 2 1 £3,812 50% £4.50 M Goldstein 2 1 £2,451 50% £7.00 C Gethings 2 1 £3,268 50% £0.88
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