Brendan Powell: “The Widdow Maker very rarely runs a bad race”

Jockey Brendan Powell previews his three rides at Ludlow on Tuesday

Thankfully we seem to be coming out of this cold snap and I’m really looking forward to getting back racing.

I head to Ludlow on Tuesday for three rides and hopefully we’ll have a good day there.

Ludlow is a fair track and one I quite enjoy riding. You can drop out a little bit but you usually need to be on a horse with plenty of pace who can hold their position.

Jumping-wise, the fences are pretty fair but you do see a fair amount of fallers at those first few fences in the straight so it’s important to get into a good rhythm and not get caught too far back.

As I say, it’s a course I always enjoy riding at and they always put on good prize money there, so I think a lot of tracks could take note from the likes of Ludlow.

1.50 Ludlow – Shelikesthelights

I rode her at Plumpton two starts ago when she was a good second to a good horse of Milton Harris’ and I was really pleased with her that day considering it was her first start over hurdles.

I didn’t ride her at Fontwell last time but she was a little disappointing if I’m honest. I’m not sure if the ground was a bit soft for her but she didn’t run her race for whatever reason, which was a shame.

She goes up in trip again here, so she’ll have to prove her stamina, but she shaped like she’d stay further when I rode her at Plumpton and she’s certainly not slow.

If you can put a line through her last run, then I think she can go well, particularly at Ludlow which I think should suit her.