Kelso Races
Kelso
15:20
Bruce Farms Handicap Hurdle (Qualifier For The Challenger Stayers Hurdle Series Final)
Kelso
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024
Distance: 3m2f
Type: Hurdle
Going: Soft
Class: Class 3
Surface: Turf
Win: £6.50
Place: £1.70 £3.20 £2.10
Exacta: £64.20
Tricast: £343.09
Trifecta: £409.50
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 10 | Shoeshine Boy (IRE) | 8 G | AVG | Donald Whillans | 143 lbs | 11/2 | Won | In touch with leaders on outer - challenging 2 out - ridden to lead before last - kept on well run-in - always doing enough(op 6/1) | ||
| 2nd | 2 | Dare To Shout (GB) | 7 G | AVG | Ann Hamilton | 164 lbs | 10/1 | .5 | Prominent - led after 3 out - headed before last - soon switched right - kept on well run-in(op 9/1) | ||
| 3rd | 6 | Ned Tanner (IRE) | 9 G | AVG | N W Alexander | 158 lbs | 6/1 | 7.5 | Towards rear - some headway after 3 out - went third approaching last - kept on run-in - no match for first two(op 11/1) | ||
| 4th | 4 | Scipion (IRE) | 8 G | AVG | Stuart Coltherd | 162 lbs | 80/1 | 4.5 | Prominent - challenging after 3 out - lost second after 2 out - lost third approaching last - no extra run-in(op 66/1) | ||
| 5th | 8 | Guernesey (FR) | 8 G | Poor | Jackie Stephen | 148 lbs | 16/1 | 2.75 | Towards rear - outpaced 4 out - struggling when not fluent 2 out - kept on run-in - never dangerous(op 14/1 tchd 12/1) | ||
| 6th | 1 | Barbados Buck's (IRE) | 9 G | Poor | Daragh Bourke | 168 lbs | 25/1 | 0.2 | In touch with leaders - lost position after 3 out - weakened gradually from 2 out(tchd 28/1) | ||
| 7th | 7 | Tiger Jet (IRE) | 9 G | Poor | Brian Ellison | 155 lbs | 22/1 | 19 | In rear - mistake 8th - hit 3 out - outpaced when not fluent 2 out - soon weakened(op 18/1 tchd 16/1) | ||
| 99th | 9 | Velasco (IRE) | 9 G | AVG | Susan Corbett | 147 lbs | 100/30 | - | Led - not fluent 3 out - headed after 3 out - soon lost ground quickly - pulled up before last (jockey said gelding weakened quickly after 2nd last hurdle)(op 3/1) | ||
| 99th | 3 | Imperial Merlin (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | John & Sean Quinn | 164 lbs | 8/1 | - | In touch with leaders - lost ground after 4 out - bad mistake 3 out - soon weakened quickly - pulled up before 2 out(op 13/2) | ||
| 99th | 5 | Cadell (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | Lucinda Russell | 162 lbs | 5/2F | - | Prominent - mistake 8th - lost ground quickly after 4 out - pulled up before 2 out (jockey said gelding weakened quickly after 4th last hurdle)(op 85/40) |