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The 2026 Lanzarote Handicap Hurdle

Ian_Davies

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Named after the 1974 Champion Hurdle winner, one from the "Golden Era" of hurdling and still probably one of the top dozen rated hurdlers of all time, this contest used to be over 2m (IIRC Hill House in the 1960s refused to start in it prior to controversial success in what is now the Betfair Hurdle), but has been 2m5f for some years ago.

I make this Kempton Park contest the other big handicap this weekend, I'm hoping for a good entry today and an ante-post market by nightfall.

Ante-Post Betting: https://www.oddschecker.com/horse-r...ational-hunt/lanzarote-handicap-hurdle/winner
 
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Anything with recent and respectable form with French Ship must be of interest, and Tom Symonds Lud'or would be an interesting entry. He'd have something to prove going right handed but only went up 3lbs for that run and is going the right way. Lets see.
 
The Fortune Teller said:
Anything with recent and respectable form with French Ship must be of interest, and Tom Symonds Lud'or would be an interesting entry. He'd have something to prove going right handed but only went up 3lbs for that run and is going the right way. Lets see.
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He's entered over at Warwick on Saturday in a 3M1F Pertemps qualifier, which I find interesting. Now back to you, Ian...
 
Ian_Davies said:
Named after the 1974 Champion Hurdle winner, one from the "Golden Era" of hurdling and still probably one of the top dozen rated hurdlers of all time, this contest used to be over 2m (IIRC Hill House in the 1960s refused to start in it prior to controversial success in what is now the Betfair Hurdle), but has been 2m5f for some years ago.

I make this Kempton Park contest the other big handicap this weekend, I'm hoping for a good entry today and an ante-post market by nightfall.

Ante-Post Betting: https://www.oddschecker.com/horse-r...ational-hunt/lanzarote-handicap-hurdle/winner
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They're betting on it.
 
I probably should have had something on the 10/1 All In You when it was available to me. I don't rate the trainer at all but this looks a very well handicapped horse.
 
Wrong thread or not, All In You was a notebook horse after his Ascot run, then won more than comfortably last time at Sandown. That would usually be it for me, but there looked more to come and I agree he does look well in. Maybe for the WH , maybe not.
 
I can't see the Lanzarote meeting going ahead.

Turfrtrax reports the ground is frozen and there are strong overnight frosts to come. Bit of a pity, because the ground is otherwise good and deep ground often spoils this race for me.
 
Given JJ Slevin comes over for the one ride, I suspect that Krak will definitely be off here. Looks like a Munir/Souede decision, Slevin was on for the two maidens when Krak was with Stuart Crawford + for the win in the reasonably valuable Cork handicap last April.

Outsider of the field currently, 50s with WH and B3, 40-1 most others. BF currently not worth looking at, but clearly if the 40s or 50s holds (or bigger) there will likely be plenty available heading up towards 80-100 later on tomorrow.

The chases are a worry. You'd have to think they were hoping for better, which implies this might be a (kind of) desperate move. Can't see two (abortive) chases then the Lanzarote being a thought-out plan. But it's possible Krak will recover his mojo back over hurdles.
 
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