16:40 Kelso

Monday 3 April 2017

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Queens Head Hotel Kelso Handicap Hurdle

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 3  |   2m 4f 189y  |   Soft  |   8 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 16:40  |   Winning time: 5m 33.2s
1st
Horse silk
1
16/1
T: M WalfordJ: Jake Greenall
Tracked leaders, led narrowly after 2 out, ridden and edged right towards stands side rail after last, kept on under pressure flat op 14/1
2nd
Horse silk
2 ½
8
9/4j
T: Mrs H O GrahamJ: Thomas Dowson (5)
Tracked leaders, headway to challenge on outside after 3 out, upsides next, every chance last, ridden and kept on flat, no extra closing stages op 3/1 tchd 2/1
3rd
Horse silk
5
7
10/1
T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: Grant Cockburn (3)
Held up in rear, headway to track leaders 3 out, effort on outside next, soon ridden and one pace, no impression with front pair before last op 12/1
4th
Horse silk
8
2
9/4j
T: Miss V WilliamsJ: L Treadwell
With leader, led narrowly 4th, headed after 2 out, soon ridden and one pace, no impression before last op 2/1 tchd 5/2
5th
Horse silk
12
4
7/2
T: M ScudamoreJ: T Scudamore
Tracked leaders, lost place after 4 out, soon beaten, tailed off 2 out
6th
Horse silk
4 ½
5
14/1
T: N W AlexanderJ: Lucy Alexander
Led narrowly to 4th, with leader, driven and lost place after 4 out, weakened before 2 out, tailed off tchd 16/1

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
3
16/1
T: B ArtheyJ: P J Brennan
Tracked leaders, headway to dispute lead after 4 out to before 2 out, soon weakened, behind when pulled up approaching last op 20/1
PU
Horse silk
6
33/1
T: A C WhillansJ: Henry Brooke
Slowly away, soon prominent on outside, lost place and struggling after 6th, behind from next, tailed off when pulled up approaching 4 out op 28/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£22.40Pl:£4.10, £1.20, £2.40EX:£70.70Trifecta:£738.50Tricast:£390.96SF:£53.57Swingers:£7.50, £17.10, £5.60

Forecasts

Rhymers Stone (9/4), Bennys King (9/4), Monbeg Aquadude (7/2), Tantamount (10/1), Another Mattie (14/1), Trustan Times (16/1), Jennys Melody (16/1), Wyfield Rose (33/1)

Verdict

Michael Scudamore is a fairly infrequent visitor to this track, but he has a couple of realistic opportunities this afternoon, and his six-year-old MONBEG AQUADUDE is of interest on his handicap debut. He cost connections a cool £80,000, and has been slow to show his best form, but having got off the mark at the fourth attempt at Ffos Las recently, an opening mark of 122 could prove exploitable. Bennys King will find this much easier than the Lanzarote Hurdle, with any Venetia Williams trained horse given maximum respect, whilst the in-form recent C&D winner Rhymers Stone might just find this step upto Class 3 company a shade too hot to handle.
  1. Monbeg Aquadude
  2. Bennys King
  3. Rhymers Stone

Prize Money

1st: £5,848.002nd: £1,717.003rd: £859.004th: £429.00

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