6:05 Ludlow 4 May 1998
End Of Season Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race (Div II) Class H
(Class 6) (1m7f169yds) 2m Good To Firm
1st
£1,236 2nd
£346 3rd
£168
| Pos. (Draw) |
Horse / SP
Trainer / Jockey
|
Jockey
Trainer
|
Age | WGT | OR | TS | RPR | MR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2
|
|
5 | 108 | – | – | 99 | – | |||
| ch m Glacial Storm (USA) - Trident Missile (Vulgan Slave) | ||||||||||
| Always prominent, led 7f out, hung left under pressure 2f out and over 1f out held on well, finished 1st, disqualified and placed 2nd | ||||||||||
|
1
nk
|
|
5 | 111 | – | – | 104 | – | |||
| ch g Meneval (USA) - Tuney Blade (IRE) (Fine Blade) | ||||||||||
| Always prominent, every chance when hampered over 1f out, switched right, ran on well finished 2nd beaten neck, awarded race | ||||||||||
|
3
2
[2¼]
|
|
5 | 114 | – | – | 102 | – | |||
| ch g Glacial Storm (USA) - Well Chaperoned (Sallust) | ||||||||||
| Held up mid-division, steady headway 3f out, kept on final 2f, better for race (official explanation: jockey said, re apparent tender handling, his orders were to settle gelding early, trainer added gelding was a nervous type, and fast ground not ideal) | ||||||||||
|
6 | 114 | – | – | 102 | – | ||||
| b g Storm Cat (USA) - Sweet Valentine (USA) (Honey Jay) | ||||||||||
| Held up, headway 6f out, chance 2f out, stayed on one pace | ||||||||||
|
5
1¾
[4¼]
|
|
5 | 114 | – | – | 100 | – | |||
| br g Strong Gale (IRE) - Rent A Card (Raise You Ten) | ||||||||||
| In touch, headway 5f out, every chance 2f out, soon hampered and one pace | ||||||||||
|
6
2½
[6¾]
|
|
5 | 111 | – | – | 98 | – | |||
| b g Roscoe Blake - Torus Queen (Torus) | ||||||||||
| Held up, headway over 3f out, not much room over 2f out, one pace | ||||||||||
|
5 | 114 | – | – | 91 | – | ||||
| b g Brush Aside (USA) - Awbeg Lady (The Parson) | ||||||||||
| Prominent, driven 7f out, weakened over 2f out | ||||||||||
|
5 | 1010 | – | – | 83 | – | ||||
| br m Strong Gale (IRE) - Orra Beg (Dear Gazelle) | ||||||||||
| Held up, headway 4f out, chance 3f out, soon one pace | ||||||||||
|
4 | 106 | – | – | 79 | – | ||||
| b g Prince Daniel (USA) - Hidden Asset (IRE) (Hello Gorgeous) | ||||||||||
| Prominent to halfway | ||||||||||
|
10
[20¼]
|
|
5 | 1010 | – | – | – | – | |||
| ch m Rakaposhi King - Hejera (Cantab) | ||||||||||
| Behind from halfway | ||||||||||
|
11
[20¼]
|
|
5 | 111 | – | – | – | – | |||
| b g Push On - Shylyn (Hay Chas) | ||||||||||
| In touch over 12f | ||||||||||
|
12
[20¼]
|
|
5 | 1013 | – | – | – | – | |||
| b m Zalazl (USA) - Sun Goddess I (FR) (Deep Roots) | ||||||||||
| Prominent until weakened quickly 4f out | ||||||||||
|
6 | 1013 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| b m Homo Sapien (IRE) - Lough Hill Lady (Cantab) | ||||||||||
| Led to 7f out, ridden and weakened 4f out | ||||||||||
|
14
[20¼]
|
|
6 | 1013 | – | – | – | – | |||
| gr m Dry Dock - Distant Thoughts (General Ironside) | ||||||||||
| In touch 10f | ||||||||||
- 14 ran Off time: 6:05:00 Winning time: 3m 41.70s (slow by 13.70s) Total SP: 131%
- Non-runners: Lord Strickland
- 1st owner: Middleham Park Racing XVI (Wild Blade) 1st breeder: Mrs Violet Pollard
- 2nd owner: Brian Eckley (Glacial Missile)
- 3rd owner: Pell-Mell Partners (Powder Hound)
- Tote win: £9 PL: £2.10 £14.30 £4.60 Ex: £171.80 CSF: £315.89
- Placepot: £180.10 to a £1 stake. Pool: £10,296.32. 41.73 winning tickets
- Quadpot: £17.30 to a £1 stake. Pool: £371.20. 15.83 winning tickets
- Glacial Missile finished first a neck ahead of Wild Blade. Following a stewards' inquiry Glacial Missile was disqualified and placed second. Wild Blade was awarded the race. Due to a power failure all distances were estimated
