May 24 / 14.28 Kelso

14.28

Good

Ladies Day Novices’ Hurdle (GBB Race)

  • Prize money: £5446
  • 2m 0f 51y
  • Class 4
  • 9 runners
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Ladies Day Novices’ Hurdle (GBB Race)

Runners: 9 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

14/1 (Won)

  • Win: £7.00
  • Place: £1.50

Form: 33179- D

Last run: 34 days

W: 11st 1lb

6 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Won a Carlisle bumper in October last year (2m1f, good) but hasn't done as well over hurdles (pulled hard when tailed off last time); looks one for handicaps.
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4th

3

18th Jul 2026

Good

2m 4f 139y

Class 4

13:35 Market Rasen

Nobotheratall

11st 7lb

J: Harry Reed

T: Tristan Davidson

Bumper winner who made all in a Kelso novice hurdle (2m, good); came up shy under a penalty at Hexham but was clear of the rest in chasing home the odds-on favourite; steps up in distance this afternoon.

5/1

2nd

1

13th Jun 2026

Good

2m 0f 48y

Class 3

14:17 Hexham

Nobotheratall

11st 8lb

J: Harry Reed

T: Tristan Davidson

Carlisle bumper winner in October who followed up when making all to land a Kelso novice hurdle (2m, good) last month at the third attempt in this sphere; had things his own way that day but still commands respect under a penalty in a race lacking depth.

9/4

1st

4

24th May 2026

Good

2m 0f 51y

Class 4

14:28 Kelso

Nobotheratall

11st 1lb

J: Harry Reed

T: Tristan Davidson

Won a Carlisle bumper in October last year (2m1f, good) but hasn't done as well over hurdles (pulled hard when tailed off last time); looks one for handicaps.

14/1

10/11

  • Place: £1.10

Form: 1- D

Last run: 44 days

W: 11st 8lb

5 yo Colt

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Form & Verdict
Useful handicapper on the Flat; made a winning hurdles debut at Sedgefield last month (2m1f, good), beating an odds-on shot who won next time, the pair well clear; penalised; the one to beat.
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2nd

1

16th Jul 2026

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

19:37 Worcester

Chemistry

11st 9lb

J: Sean Quinlan

T: Jennie Candlish

On his third trainer and has rather chequered form but he won on hurdling debut at Sedgefield (2m1f, good) in May and ran to a similar level when runner-up under a penalty at Kelso later that month; struggled back on the Flat last time but that was in the Northumberland Vase and he's respected back in this sphere; tongue-tie and cheekpieces are added.

11/10

19th

2

(16)

27th Jun 2026

Standard To Slow

2m 0f 56y

Class 2

14:40 Newcastle (AW)

Chemistry

9st 12lb

J: Lewis Edmunds

T: Jennie Candlish

On his third trainer and has rather chequered form but well handicapped judged on best efforts, including his fourth at Southwell (2m, AW) in December off 7lb higher; first and second over hurdles for new yard this spring, with a never-dangerous ninth in the Chester Cup in between; worth a second look.

20/1

2nd

1

24th May 2026

Good

2m 0f 51y

Class 4

14:28 Kelso

Chemistry

11st 8lb

J: Sean Quinlan

T: Jennie Candlish

Useful handicapper on the Flat; made a winning hurdles debut at Sedgefield last month (2m1f, good), beating an odds-on shot who won next time, the pair well clear; penalised; the one to beat.

10/11

Form: 3333-

Last run: 65 days

W: 10st 2lb

4 yo Filly

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Form & Verdict
Third in three bumpers and also on hurdles debut at Musselburgh in March (2m1f, good to soft; second run after wind surgery); each-way chance.
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3rd

9

24th May 2026

Good

2m 0f 51y

Class 4

14:28 Kelso

Luna Grace

10st 2lb

J: Derek Fox

T: Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore

Third in three bumpers and also on hurdles debut at Musselburgh in March (2m1f, good to soft; second run after wind surgery); each-way chance.

11/2

3rd

10

20th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 1f 87y

Class 4

14:20 Musselburgh

Luna Grace

10st 3lb

J: Derek Fox

T: Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore

4yo who has finished third in mares' bumpers on her three starts (2m, good/soft/AW); has appeared to be a work in progress and she's open to improvement; might not be far away on hurdle debut.

7/1

3rd

9

27th Jan 2026

Standard To Slow

2m 0f 56y

Class 5

12:45 Newcastle

Luna Grace

10st 5lb

J: Conner McCann

T: Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore

Raced in two junior fillies' bumpers in the autumn (2m, good/soft) and finished third each time; needs something extra today but she's had wind surgery since her last outing and is not discounted.

11/4

Form: 0F0/P-

Last run: 298 days

W: 11st 1lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 109

Form & Verdict
Ex-Irish; runner-up in a Ballinrobe maiden hurdle on debut (2m1f, yielding to soft) in August 2024; chance on that form but hasn't run as well since; bit to prove on stable debut after 298-day break.
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6

12th Jul 2026

Good

2m 4f 35y

Class 4

15:16 Perth

Ceol Draiochta

10st 13lb

J: Ryan Mania

T: Adam Nicol

Regressed in Ireland, including in two handicaps, after finishing runner-up in a maiden hurdle; could have needed the run when beaten 9l in a 2m novice at Kelso (good) in May but it's hard to make a compelling case.

7/1

4th

2

24th May 2026

Good

2m 0f 51y

Class 4

14:28 Kelso

Ceol Draiochta

11st 1lb

J: Ryan Mania

T: Adam Nicol

Ex-Irish; runner-up in a Ballinrobe maiden hurdle on debut (2m1f, yielding to soft) in August 2024; chance on that form but hasn't run as well since; bit to prove on stable debut after 298-day break.

13/2

20

30th Jul 2025

Good

2m 6f 0y

17:35 Galway

Ceol Draiochta

11st 5lb

J: Kieren Buckley

T: Edward Buckley

Promising debut but little to write home about since; only beat one home on the Flat latest and tailed off on handicap hurdle debut in April.

66/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 1lb

5 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Fair Flat handicapper at up to 1m2f for David O'Meara, best run when second on fast ground over 1m2f at Haydock last May; makes stable/hurdles debut after a 307-day break.
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6

13th Jun 2026

Good

2m 0f 48y

Class 3

14:17 Hexham

Steps In Time

11st 2lb

J: Joe Williamson

T: Philip Kirby

Fair Flat handicapper up to 1m2f for David O'Meara; 150-1 and beaten 30l on hurdle/stable debut at Kelso (2m, good) last month, though that run may have been needed after 301 days off.

25/1

6th

6

24th May 2026

Good

2m 0f 51y

Class 4

14:28 Kelso

Steps In Time

11st 1lb

J: Joe Williamson

T: Philip Kirby

Fair Flat handicapper at up to 1m2f for David O'Meara, best run when second on fast ground over 1m2f at Haydock last May; makes stable/hurdles debut after a 307-day break.

33/1

3

(3)

9th Aug 2025

Good To Firm

1m 5f 218y

Class 6

17:00 Redcar

Steps In Time

9st 12lb

J: Ben Robinson

T: David O’Meara

Promising debut on AW in November and again when second of six in his second handicap, at Haydock (1m2f, good to firm) in May; however, he's run nowhere near as well in three completions since and now goes up in trip.

12/1

OUR TIP

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 1lb

5 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Modest handicapper at up to 1m5f on the Flat; best watched after a break on hurdles debut.
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6th

1

(2)

5th Jul 2026

Good

1m 2f 0y

Class 6

16:25 Ayr

Mr Withington

9st 12lb

J: Rowan Scott

T: Ewan Whillans

Failed to go on after a good third at Newcastle (1m2f) last July, signing off for Paul Robson with a fading seventh of 11 in 1m4f handicap there last month; starts out for new yard here off a reduced mark and not without interest, especially if the market vibes are positive.

8/1

7th

4

(9)

2nd Jun 2026

Standard

1m 4f 98y

Class 6

18:45 Newcastle (AW)

Mr Withington

9st 8lb

J: Aiden Brookes

T: Paul Robson

Maiden; ran a couple of fair races over 1m2f last year, notably a 2.5l third in a 1m2f handicap here; not done quite as well since and was tailed off in a Kelso novice hurdle nine days ago (not jump well); stamina to prove.

16/1

7th

3

24th May 2026

Good

2m 0f 51y

Class 4

14:28 Kelso

Mr Withington

11st 1lb

J: Callum Bewley

T: Paul Robson

Modest handicapper at up to 1m5f on the Flat; best watched after a break on hurdles debut.

20/1

Form: 6-

Last run: 53 days

W: 11st 1lb

5 yo Gelding

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W: 11st 1lb

5 yo Gelding

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Form: 5

Last run: 15 days

W: 10st 9lb

4 yo Gelding

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Payout
Exacta £12.40
Straight Forecast £9.35
Trifecta £32.80

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