Kelso
14:30
Support Qme Care Handicap Hurdle
Kelso Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 Distance: 2m6½f Type: Hurdle Going: Soft Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £2.88 Place: £1.30 £9 £1.80 Exacta: £74.30 Tricast: £284.50 Trifecta: £513.80
Non-Runners: Pure Sirloin (self certificate)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 5 Both Barrels (GB) 7 G AVG Donald Whillans 162 lbs 15/8F Won In touch with leaders on inner - steady headway 3 out - went second 2 out - led and ridden before last - edged left final 110yds - not fluent last - stayed on(tchd 2/1)
2nd 1 Bushypark (IRE) 11 G AVG Philip Kirby 166 lbs 40/1 2.25 Led - headed before last - kept on final 110yds(op 28/1)
3rd 7 Artic Mann (GB) 11 G Poor N W Alexander 151 lbs 4/1 2 Taken down early - jumped right on occasions - didn't always jump with fluency - towards rear - headway when jumped right and left in third 2 out - stayed on final 110yds (vet said gelding lost his right-hind shoe)(tchd 9/2)
4th 8 Gypsey's Secret (IRE) 9 M Poor Sandy Forster 143 lbs 6/1 9 Raced wide - in rear - headway before 2 out - edged left and no extra before last(op 13/2)
5th 3 Step Above (IRE) 8 G Poor Lucinda Russell 167 lbs 10/1 4.75 Took keen hold - held up in rear - brief headway on inner after 3 out - weakened 2 out(op 9/1)
99th 2 Woodie Flash (IRE) 6 G Good Olly Murphy 158 lbs 11/2 - Took keen hold - soon in touch with leaders - went second 5th - not fluent 4 out - disputing second and 1 length down when fell 2 out(op 5/1)
99th 10 Wild Polly (IRE) 10 M Poor Rose Dobbin 140 lbs 33/1 - Midfield - pushed along 4 out - weakened 3 out - pulled up just before 2 out(op 28/1)
99th 11 Hell On Earth (IRE) 10 G Poor Catch Bissett 142 lbs 125/1 - Taken down early - raced in second - prominent 5th - weakened after 3 out - pulled up after 2 out(op 80/1)
99th 6 Pavlik (IRE) 7 G AVG Sandy Thomson 157 lbs 16/1 - Always behind - pulled up before last
99th 9 Lahardaun (IRE) 7 G AVG George Bewley 146 lbs 7/1 - Raced wide - in touch with leaders - weakened after 3 out - pulled up after 2 out (trainer's rep could offer no explanation for the poor form shown other than gelding never travelled)(tchd 15/2)