Kelso Races
Kelso
12:18
Visit Kelso In 2025 Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)
Kelso
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2024
Distance: 2m6½f
Type: Hurdle
Going: Good To Soft
Class: Class 4
Surface: Turf
Win: £1.54
Place: £1.10 £1.60 £1.40
Exacta: £5.10
Trifecta: £15
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | Ace Of Spades (FR) | 6 G | Good | Dan Skelton | 161 lbs | 8/15F | Won | In touch with leaders - not fluent 3 out - headway and led narrowly 2 out - pushed along and went clear before last - comfortably(op 8/13) | ||
| 2nd | 6 | Far From Over (IRE) | 7 G | Poor | Clive Boultbee-Brooks | 154 lbs | 15/2 | 6.5 | Raced in second - not fluent 4 out - pressed leader 3 out - no extra from last(op 13/2) | ||
| 3rd | 2 | Lunar Chief (GB) | 6 G | Good | Ruth Jefferson | 161 lbs | 11/2 | 3.75 | Didn't jump with fluency - in touch with leaders early - towards rear 4th - reminder 4 out - rallied 3 out - went third after 2 out - no impression before last(op 5/1) | ||
| 4th | 4 | Always A Reason (IRE) | 6 G | Poor | Rebecca Menzies | 154 lbs | 100/1 | 16 | Held up in last - some headway and going okay 3 out - keeping on 2 out - soon went fourth - weakening when jumped left last(op 66/1 tchd 125/1) | ||
| 5th | 8 | Wee Alki (IRE) | 5 G | Poor | Susan Corbett | 154 lbs | 125/1 | 0.2 | Held up in rear - niggled along briefly after 7th - no chance from 3 out (vet said gelding lost his left fore shoe)(op 80/1) | ||
| 6th | 5 | Bogleyburn (IRE) | 5 G | Poor | Gary Rutherford | 154 lbs | 250/1 | 24 | Took keen hold - didn't jump with fluency - in touch with leaders on outer - weakened quickly before 2 out - tailed off(op 100/1) | ||
| 99th | 7 | Sea God (IRE) | 5 G | Poor | Lucinda Russell | 154 lbs | 16/1 | - | In touch with leaders - not fluent and lost ground 4 out - struggling when mistake 3 out - soon lost touch and pulled up (jockey said gelding weakened quickly after making a mistake at 3rd last hurdle)(op 18/1) | ||
| 99th | 3 | Small Town Kid (IRE) | 6 G | Elite | James Ewart | 161 lbs | 5/1 | - | Led at steady pace - faced challenge 3 out - headed and lost second 2 out - soon weakened quickly - eased and pulled up before last (jockey said gelding weakened quickly after 2nd last hurdle; vet said gelding was found to be stiff)(tchd 9/2) |