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13:00 Kelso

Sunday 13 January 2019

All12:3013:0013:3514:0514:4015:1015:40

Tarrag Naegel Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 13:02 | Winning time: 3m 56.8s

1^st

Encore Champs

511-4

6/4

T: W GreatrexJ: R Johnson

Tracked leaders, went 2nd after 3 out, not fluent next, driven and stayed on to lead narrowly last, ridden out flat, kept on towards finish op 13/8 tchd 7/4

2^nd

1 ¼

Lord Yeats

611-4

8/13f

T: Jedd O'KeeffeJ: B S Hughes

Tracked leader, mistake 4th, led after 3 out, ridden between last 2, headed narrowly last, kept on, held towards finish tchd 4/7

3^rd

2 ¼

Skiddaw Valleys

710-12

16/1

T: N G RichardsJ: R D Day

Mid-division, headway before 3 out, ridden to chase front pair when rider dropped whip between last 2, kept on same pace, no impression

4^th

Rollerruler

510-12

20/1

T: M A BarnesJ: Dale Irving (3)

Tracked leaders, ridden after 3 out, kept on same pace, no impression in 4th from next op 22/1

5^th

Bullion

610-12

40/1

T: J EwartJ: Lucy Alexander

Chased leaders to 3rd, mid-division, ridden after 3 out, plugged on same pace, never a threat

6^th

Southeast Rose

610-5

100/1

T: M TodhunterJ: Sean Quinlan

Mid-division, outpaced 3 out, never able to challenge

7^th

Mint Gold

510-12

14/1

T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: D R Fox

Towards rear, struggling 4 out, never involved op 16/1

8^th

Little Bavington

610-12

100/1

T: Mrs A HamiltonJ: Ross Chapman

Led, headed after 3 out, weakened next

9^th

Battle Hard

710-12

100/1

T: D BourkeJ: Steven Fox (5)

Held up, always behind, weakened after 2 out

10^th

Near Kettering

510-12

33/1

T: S EnglandJ: Jonathan England

Behind, struggling 4 out, ridden and weakened after next, tailed off tchd 40/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.40Pl:£1.10, £1.10, £3.50EX:£3.30Trifecta:£17.20SF:£3.13Swingers:£1.10, £3.70, £3.60

Forecasts

Lord Yeats (8/13), Encore Champs (6/4), Mint Gold (14/1), Skiddaw Valleys (16/1), Rollerruler (20/1), Near Kettering (33/1), Bullion (40/1), Southeast Rose (100/1), Little Bavington (100/1), Battle Hard (100/1)

Realistically there are only two horses in the equation, those being the Wetherby foes ENCORE CHAMPS and Lord Yeats. The selection was a fortuitous winner on that occasion, although he did have the clear measure of his rival who was admittedly making his first start over hurdles. Lord Yeats didn't exactly need to show further improvement when landing a weak race in emphatic style at Sedgefield since, but Encore Champs was tackling a completely different level of opponent in the Grade 2 Kennel Gate at Ascot (and predictably struggled).