Kelso
14:10
Clifford Martin & Sarah Firth Memorial Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
Kelso Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 Distance: 2m7½f Type: Chase Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £3 Place: £1.20 £1.40 £2 Exacta: £13 Tricast: £66.01 Trifecta: £61.50
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
In touch with leaders - awkward jump 12th - pressed leader 2 out - pushed along to lead last - ridden and edged left run-in - kept on final 110yds - gamely(op 7/4)
7 M Poor Stuart Coltherd 163 lbs 2/1F Won
2nd
Prominent - led 3 out - faced challenge 2 out - headed last - bit short of room and switched right run-in - rallied final 110yds - just held(op 15/2 tchd 8/1)
7 G Poor Sandy Thomson 168 lbs 11/2 .5
3rd
Towards rear - not fluent 3rd - lost ground quickly 4 out - rallied from 2 out - went modest third last(op 9/2)
6 G Poor George Bewley 168 lbs 15/2 8
4th
Led at steady pace - headed 3 out - lost second before 2 out - weakened quickly before last - finished tired(op 15/2 tchd 7/1)
7 G AVG Dianne Sayer 166 lbs 17/2 12
5th
Towards rear - some headway 4 out - weakened from 2 out - mistake last(op 25/1 tchd 20/1)
6 M Poor Lucinda Russell 146 lbs 22/1 4
6th
Didn't jump with fluency - raced in last - mistake 1st - niggled along briefly after 4th - hit 10th - struggling from 13th - never on terms (jockey said gelding did not jump fluently)(op 3/1 tchd 5/2 and tchd 10/3)
7 G AVG Rebecca Menzies 151 lbs 11/4 5.5
99th
In touch with leaders - lost ground quickly 4 out - weakened quickly 3 out - tailed off when pulled up after 2 out(op 66/1 tchd 50/1 and tchd 100/1)
9 G Poor Ian Duncan 137 lbs 80/1 -
99th
In touch with leaders - towards rear 3rd - struggling from 13th - lost touch 3 out - tailed off when pulled up before 2 out (vet said gelding suffered an overreach on left fore)(op 12/1)
7 G Poor Lucinda Russell 159 lbs 10/1 -
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