11.35
Good To SoftVisit Kelso Christmas Events ‘National Hunt’ Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)
- Prize money: £4901.4
- 2m 0f 51y
- Class 4
- 11 runners
Runners: 11 runners
Type: Hurdle Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Showers
9/2 (Won)
- Win: £6.00
- Place: £1.80
Form: 61- D
Last run: 466 days
W: 11st 4lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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9 |
29th Jan 2026 Good To Soft 2m 0f 110y Class 4 |
11st 1lb |
10yo who isn't the force of old but has dropped down the weights accordingly and finished second to an improving winner at Musselburgh last month; could be a contender if backing up that performance. |
15/2 |
|
5th 2 |
10th May 2025 Good 1m 7f 133y Class 4 |
11st 8lb |
Fair third at Kelso in December (2m1f, good to soft) but has failed to complete on both outings since, latest over 2m4f at Perth (fell four out); on a fair mark at present but a bit to prove. |
14/1 |
|
5th 2 |
10th May 2025 Good 1m 7f 133y Class 4 |
11st 8lb |
Fair third at Kelso in December (2m1f, good to soft) but has failed to complete on both outings since, latest over 2m4f at Perth (fell four out); on a fair mark at present but a bit to prove. |
14/1 |
3/1
- Place: £1.40
Form: 17 D
Last run: 43 days
W: 11st 4lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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3rd 10 |
25th Apr 2025 Good To Soft 3m 2f 127y Class 3 |
10st 6lb |
Bumper/hurdle winner who appreciated the return to this discipline when going down narrowly over nearly 3m at Hexham last month; this is a stronger race, however. |
7/1 |
|
3rd 10 |
25th Apr 2025 Good To Soft 3m 2f 127y Class 3 |
10st 6lb |
prominent |
7/1 |
|
2nd 1 |
13th Mar 2025 Good To Soft 2m 7f 63y Class 5 |
12st 0lb |
jumped right on occasions, midfield |
8/1 |
6/1
- Place: £2.60
Form: 32
Last run: 30 days
W: 11st 4lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 |
16th May 2026 Good 2m 4f 189y Class 5 |
11st 8lb |
Lightly raced 9yo who was pulled up in 2m4f handicap chase at Hexham two weeks ago; not proving easy to catch right. |
16/1 |
|
5 |
2nd May 2026 Good 2m 4f 15y Class 5 |
11st 4lb |
Failed to complete on first two starts over fences, but shaped better when second of five at Newcastle last time (2m4f, good); could go well. |
8/1 |
|
2nd 6 |
11th Apr 2026 Good 2m 4f 19y Class 5 |
11st 1lb |
Signs of ability over hurdles for Rebecca Menzies in 2022; lightly raced since, failing to complete in two attempts over fences (PF) for this trainer; monitor only for time being. |
20/1 |
9/4
Form: 1 D
Last run: 36 days
W: 11st 4lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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8th 7 |
1st Feb 2026 Good To Soft 2m 7f 180y Class 4 |
11st 3lb |
Defied a higher mark for previous yard but holds poor claims on his form (hurdles/fences) for new stable; enough to prove back up in distance. |
16/1 |
|
7 |
15th Jan 2026 Good To Soft 2m 4f 19y Class 4 |
10st 11lb |
Out of sorts on both runs over hurdles for this stable this season, but his previous form over fences last season entitles him to respect if benefiting for recent wind surgery. |
25/1 |
|
9th 13 |
2nd Nov 2025 Good To Soft 2m 1f 33y Class 4 |
10st 12lb |
Tried chasing last season and signed off on a low note back over hurdles; what heightens interest is his record at this meeting when fresh, having won this two years ago and been beaten a head in the earlier 2m4f handicap last season; slightly lower in the weights this time; respected. |
8/1 |
15/2
Form: 6-6
Last run: 26 days
W: 11st 4lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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9th 3 |
18th Sep 2024 Good 2m 2f 25y Class 5 |
11st 10lb |
Won a Warwick novice handicap chase (2m, soft) off an 8lb higher mark in March 2023; fair run when over hurdles at Bangor in June (2m, good); cheekpieces tried; bit to prove. |
7/1 |
|
10th 2 |
21st Aug 2024 Good 2m 0f 110y Class 5 |
11st 10lb |
Generally disappointing since winning chase debut in March 2023 but posted a couple of decent efforts over hurdles in June (albeit a late faller on latter occasion) and reverts to fences with renewed hope. |
8/1 |
|
7 |
28th Jun 2024 Good 2m 0f 145y Class 4 |
11st 0lb |
Narrow winner off 7lb higher over fences at Warwick (2m, soft) last March; has not matched that form since but he returned to hurdling with a second in C&D novice (good) three weeks ago; was allowed to dictate in that race but that was more like it and he's in the mix back in a handicap; one of two runners for yard. |
5/1 |
14/1
Form: 3
Last run: 18 days
W: 11st 4lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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7th 9 |
24th Sep 2025 Good To Soft 2m 0f 47y Class 4 |
10st 2lb |
Returned from layoff with two good efforts over fences last autumn but the rest of last season's chasing form was disappointing; now hurdling for first time since 2023; on good mark (even from 2lb out of the weights) but needs to have refreshed by latest break. |
20/1 |
|
1 |
31st Mar 2025 Good 2m 4f 19y Class 5 |
12st 0lb |
Returned from break with two good seconds in the autumn (2m/2m1f), but has lost his way a bit since and is unraced on ground quicker than good to soft (withdrawn from a recent engagement with good deemed unsuitable). |
13/2 |
|
7th 1 |
31st Mar 2025 Good 2m 4f 19y Class 5 |
12st 0lb |
Returned from break with two good seconds in the autumn (2m/2m1f), but has lost his way a bit since and is unraced on ground quicker than good to soft (withdrawn from a recent engagement with good deemed unsuitable). |
13/2 |
12/1
Form: 52
Last run: 29 days
W: 11st 4lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 |
19th Feb 2023 Good To Soft 2m 3f 171y Class 5 |
11st 7lb |
towards rear |
6/1 |
|
11th 7 |
26th Jan 2023 Soft 2m 0f 0y Class 4 |
11st 2lb |
led, jumped right 1st, headed after 4 out |
50/1 |
|
5th 7 |
26th Dec 2022 Good To Soft 2m 0f 190y Class 4 |
11st 4lb |
Has shown ability at an ordinary level in bumpers but failed to match the pick of that form on hurdle debut; might well find one or two too good again. |
66/1 |
100/1
Form: 7
Last run: 14 days
W: 11st 4lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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7 |
16th Aug 2025 Good 2m 7f 180y Class 5 |
11st 0lb |
0-14 in points and 2-29 under rules, with chase record 0-6; very opposable on what he's been showing of late in handicap chases. |
33/1 |
|
2 |
25th Jul 2025 Good 3m 2f 13y Class 5 |
11st 4lb |
Career record reads 2-42 including 14 starts in points; finished a very long way behind Wheresmemoneygone at Perth (3m, good) last month, but even a huge weights swing makes him hard to fancy; tongue-tie returns. |
40/1 |
|
3 |
3rd Jul 2025 Good 2m 7f 180y Class 5 |
11st 7lb |
Second of four in C&D (good) hunter chase in May, but the form isn't anything to go wild about and he was pulled up when back in a handicap at Hexham last month; others look much stronger. |
33/1 |
33/1
Form: 84-5
Last run: 30 days
W: 10st 11lb
4 yo Filly
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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6th 4 |
14th Jan 2024 Soft 2m 0f 51y Class 5 |
11st 9lb |
Consistent in her five runs last February-November, all over about 2m and second of five in a handicap at Hexham (heavy; acts on good) last time; needs extra to win but has place claims again. |
7/2 |
|
2nd 3 |
22nd Nov 2023 Heavy 2m 0f 48y Class 5 |
11st 7lb |
Placed in three of her last four hurdles starts (all around 2m); has shown enough to suggest she can be competitive from this mark, now returning to handicap company. |
2/1 |
|
3rd 10 |
28th Oct 2023 Good To Soft 2m 0f 51y Class 4 |
10st 11lb |
took keen hold, held up in rear, headway after 3 out, went third last, kept on |
8/1 |
100/1
Form: 06-6
Last run: 25 days
W: 11st 4lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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6th 4 |
23rd Mar 2023 Soft 2m 0f 178y Class 5 |
11st 4lb |
Failed to improve for the switch to handicap level at Newcastle last month having been friendless in the betting; this six-race maiden holds weak claims on overall form and needs a big step forward. |
16/1 |
|
7th 4 |
25th Feb 2023 Good To Soft 2m 0f 190y Class 5 |
11st 10lb |
Showed very little on first four starts but was making some encouraging late headway when a final-flight faller at Wetherby (2m, soft) last month; could be in the mix if building on that now handicapping. |
12/1 |
|
3 |
26th Jan 2023 Soft 2m 0f 0y Class 4 |
11st 2lb |
held up in rear |
100/1 |
25/1
Form: 8
Last run: 18 days
W: 11st 4lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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5th 7 |
29th Mar 2023 Heavy 2m 7f 149y Class 5 |
10st 2lb |
Won Irish maiden point (3m, soft) last April; heavy defeats in Britain in three novice hurdles and, after wind surgery, beaten 20l when sixth of 15 on handicap debut at Hexham (near 3m, heavy) 13 days ago; he was well behind Pipers Cross in the latter and is 2lb out of the handicap today. |
6/1 |
|
6th 14 |
16th Mar 2023 Heavy 2m 7f 63y Class 5 |
10st 2lb |
Form of last April's Irish point win (3m, soft) hasn't worked out; three heavy defeats in slow-ground 2m hurdles since, and hopes likely rest as much on the wind surgery as the step back up in trip. |
16/1 |
|
13 |
10th Mar 2023 Good 2m 4f 100y Class 5 |
10st 2lb |
Opened her account at the fifth attempt in Irish points; has poor claims on rules form (2m) but looks a possible improver now handicapping and upped to 2m4f on first run since wind surgery. |
16/1 |
Non-runners
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| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | £24.60 |
| Straight Forecast | £22.14 |
| Trifecta | £143.90 |