Kelso
12:07
William Hill Bookmakers Handicap Hurdle
Kelso Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 Distance: 2m5f Type: Hurdle Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 3 Surface: Turf
Win: £3.80 Place: £1.40 £1.50 £1.20 Exacta: £19.80 Tricast: £35.64 Trifecta: £43.40
Non-Runners: I Am Max (unsuitable ground)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 8 Forged Well (IRE) 6 G AVG Martin Todhunter 152 lbs 11/4 Won In touch with leaders - going okay 3 out - went second 2 out - bit short of room and switched right before last - ridden and challenging run-in - sustained duel with runner-up final 110yds - led final strides(tchd 5/2 and 3/1)
2nd 6 Harper Valley (IRE) 8 G AVG Rebecca Menzies 157 lbs 6/1 0.3 Towards rear - niggled along briefly after 6th - good headway 3 out - led before 2 out - edged left before last - faced challenge run-in - sustained duel with winner final 110yds - headed final strides(op 7/1 tchd 5/1 and 15/2)
3rd 4 Luckie Seven (IRE) 7 G Good Nicky Richards 160 lbs 7/4F 5.5 Held up in last - not fluent 3 out - steady headway before 2 out - keeping on when jinked left approaching last - no extra when edged left run-in - weakened gradually final 110yds(tchd 13/8 and 2/1)
4th 1 Clear White Light (GB) 8 G AVG Ewan Whillans 168 lbs 50/1 8.5 In touch with leaders - not fluent 4th - lost position before 3 out - rallied from 2 out - no impression before last(op 40/1)
5th 9 The Navigator (GB) 10 G AVG Dianne Sayer 146 lbs 14/1 16 Didn't always jump with fluency - in touch with leaders - prominent 5th - lost ground when mistake and pecked on landing 3 out - weakened before 2 out(op 11/1)
6th 3 Velasco (IRE) 9 G AVG Susan Corbett 160 lbs 33/1 19 Mounted in chute - led - not fluent 6th - jumped slightly right and bumped rival 8th - faced challenges 3 out - soon headed and lost position - weakened quickly before 2 out - tailed off(op 50/1)
7th 5 Romeo Brown (GB) 10 G AVG Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith 155 lbs 16/1 5 Prominent - pressed leader briefly 4th - bumped 8th - led but pestered after 3 out - headed and lost ground quickly before 2 out - tailed off(op 14/1 tchd 18/1)
99th 2 Bois Guillbert (FR) 5 G AVG Lucinda Russell 159 lbs 4/1 - Towards rear - some headway 7th - raced wide and lost ground quickly from 3 out - tailed off when pulled up before 2 out (jockey said he felt something was amiss with gelding)(op 9/2)