14:40 Kelso

Monday 8 April 2019

All14:1014:4015:1015:4016:1016:4017:10

Duncan & Margaret Sinclair Memorial Handicap Hurdle

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 4  |   2m 6f 151y  |   Good to Soft (Soft in places in the back straight)  |   8 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:42  |   Winning time: 5m 50.2s
1st
Horse silk
8
3/1f
T: N W AlexanderJ: Grant Cockburn (3)
Held up in rear, headway after 4 out, challenged going well before 2 out, shaken up when not fluent last, led towards finish op 10/3 tchd 7/2
2nd
Horse silk
nk
2
10/3
T: Mrs J WaltonJ: Ross Chapman
Led 1st, soon headed, tracked leaders, reminder after 7th, soon responded and went prominent, led approaching 2 out, hard pressed, headed towards finish op 3/1 tchd 7/2
3rd
Horse silk
16
6
9/2
T: G BewleyJ: Jonathon Bewley (3)
Prominent, ridden after 4 out, led after next, headed 2 out, weakened before last op 7/2
4th
Horse silk
3 ½
7
10/1
T: N W AlexanderJ: Mr C J Robertson (10)
Led after 1st, headed after 3 out, weakened after next op 14/1 tchd 10/1
5th
Horse silk
2 ¼
1
14/1
T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: Thomas Willmott (7)
Led until 1st, held up, outpaced 3 out, no impression, well beaten from next op 16/1
6th
Horse silk
6
4
1011-8
9/2
T: T DavidsonJ: Harry Reed (3)
Mid-division, pushed along on 4th after 7th, outpaced 3 out, weakened before next tchd 7/2

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
3
1111-8
9/1
T: N W AlexanderJ: Lucy Alexander
Reminder start, towards rear, ridden after 4 out, no impression, well beaten from 3 out, pulled up before last
PU
Horse silk
5
66/1
T: Mrs J C McGregorJ: Sean Quinlan
Chased leaders, lost place after 7th, ridden next, well beaten after 4 out, pulled up after op 40/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.10Pl:£1.80, £1.50, £1.40EX:£15.90Trifecta:£43.80Tricast:£41.79SF:£13.11Swingers:£2.30, £2.70, £3.50

Forecasts

Benny's Secret (3/1), Uptown Harry (10/3), Sunny Destination (9/2), Chicoria (9/2), Landecker (9/1), Always Tipsy (10/1), Rivabodiva (14/1), Oscar Blue (66/1)

Verdict

Nick Alexander saddles three runners, the pick of whom is evidently the 9yo BENNY'S SECRET. He stayed on from an unpromising position to finish a closing half-length second to Ask Paddington at this track (2m5f) just over a fortnight ago, appearing well suited by making a return to the smaller obstacles. In a relatively open race, one must also consider both Sunny Destination, and the 2018 race winner Chicoria who represents the Cumbrian trainer Tristan Davidson, a man in the thick of the action winners wise at Newcastle on Saturday.
  1. Benny's Secret
  2. Chicoria
  3. Sunny Destination

Previous Winners

2018
Chicoria
Weight: 11-5  |Age: 9
11/4

Prize Money

1st: £4,289.002nd: £1,259.003rd: £630.004th: £350.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00

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