Tom Segal thinks it's worth taking on hot favourite in hunters' chase at Ludlow

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Reikers Island
3.40 Ludlow
1pt win at 7-1

Hazel Hill won the Cheltenham Foxhunter back in 2019 and would be hard to beat in the Behind Bars Open Hunters' Chase at Ludlow (3.40) if he could run close to that level of form.

However he's a 13-year-old now and he was beaten a long way on his comeback run in a weak race. Consequently he is worth taking on with Reikers Island, who has loads of form in handicap chases that gives him every chance of beating the favourite.

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Published on 21 January 2021inHorse racing tips

Last updated 09:14, 21 January 2021

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