Tree Of Liberty, trained by Kerry Lee and ridden by Jamie Moore, earned an unwanted place in racing’s record books at Ludlow on Thursday when he was beaten at 1-20 in a three-runner novice chase to become the shortest‑priced loser in British jump racing history. Moore set out to make the running on the market leader but could not carve out a significant lead and was just three lengths up on his pursuers turning in. Over To Midnight took a heavy fall at the second-last but Cap’n stayed on strongly in the closing stages to beat Tree Of Liberty by two-and-a-half lengths. According to the respected Timeform organisation, Tree Of Liberty is the shortest-priced loser over jumps in Britain. Beaten favourites are usually good news for bookmakers but Tree Of Liberty may have been too short to attract any interest.

Source: The Guardian March 22, 2018 17:48 UTC