| R3 LUDLOW | 06 January 2023 |
| Simply Delicious Cakes Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) 5U NCHSE HCP ($20,430), 4033m 5:18.22 | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | 4. FIRE DANCER (FR) 7yo Gelding | MISS VENETIA WILLIAMS CHARLIE DEUTSCH | 73.5 $3.25 | |||||||
| MARTALINE (GB) - STEEL DANCER (FR) | ||||||||||
| VENETIA WILLIAMS RACEHORSE SYNDICATE V | 2nd | 7. STRIKING OUT (GB) 9yo Gelding | HENRY OLIVER DAVID NOONAN | 69.5 $10.00 | ||||||
| MALINAS (GER) - CRESSWELL RUBY (IRE) | ||||||||||
| CATCH TWENTY TWO | 3rd | 2. RAKHINE STATE (IRE) 10yo Gelding | D J JEFFREYS THOMAS BELLAMY | 74.5 $17.00 | ||||||
| ARAKAN (USA) - OISELINA (FR) | ||||||||||
| ADAM LUCOCK | ||||||||||
| 4th | 5. FOR LANGY (FR) 8yo Gelding | P J HOBBS MR DAVID MAXWELL | 71.5 $4.50 | |||||||
| 5th | 3. DOM OF MARY (FR) 7yo Gelding | DAVID G. BRIDGWATER MR B J POWELL | 74.0 $2.63 | |||||||
| 99th | 6. COTTON END (IRE) 9yo Mare | SHEILA LEWIS SEAN HOULIHAN | 72.0 $23.00 | |||||||
| 99th | 8. ICE COAST (FR) 5yo Gelding | OLIVER GREENALL & JOSH GUERRIERO CRAIG NICHOL | 69.0 $34.00 | |||||||
Fire Dancer was a fair hurdler/chaser in France and made a successful British debut on his first start for Venetia Williams at Ludlow. This was also his first outing for 815 days, and while he looked set to win cosily, he almost got caught near the line!
