Kelso
15:13
Justin & Susan Greig Novices' Hurdle (Go North Night Nurse Series Qualifier) (GBB Race)
Kelso Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2025 Distance: 2m Type: Hurdle Going: Good Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £7.50 Place: £2.20 £2.10 £1.40 Exacta: £45.60 Trifecta: £207.20
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 9 Caballo De Guerra (IRE) 4 G AVG Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore 151 lbs 13/2 Won In touch with leaders - headway before 3 out - led before last - not fluent last - ridden and went clear run-in - readily(op 9/2 tchd 4/1)
2nd 3 Kool Raoul (FR) 4 G Poor Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore 147 lbs 5/1 6.5 Midfield - headway before 2 out - went second after last - no extra inside final 110yds(op 7/1)
3rd 8 Triple Crown Ted (IRE) 5 G AVG Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore 157 lbs 3/1F 3.75 Led - headed before last - not fluent last - soon weakened(op 2/1)
4th 1 Animato (GB) 6 G Poor Donald McCain 157 lbs 11/2 1.75 In touch with leaders - weakened before last(op 9/2 tchd 18/5)
5th 7 Slievehill (IRE) 8 G Poor D J Jeffreys 152 lbs 22/1 6 Prominent - weakened before 2 out(op 20/1 tchd 25/1)
6th 5 Masterminding (IRE) 5 G Poor Maurice Barnes 154 lbs 150/1 9 Prominent - not fluent 4 out - weakened before 2 out(op 100/1)
7th 11 Drop Kick (IRE) 4 G AVG Mark Walford 156 lbs 33/1 4.75 Towards rear - hampered 1st - some headway before 2 out - weakened before last(op 66/1)
8th 12 Fran The Man (GB) 3 G Poor Hannah McMahon 149 lbs 200/1 1 Towards rear - weakened before 2 out(op 125/1 tchd 500/1)
9th 4 Lyndon Red (GB) 4 G Poor Sandy Thomson 157 lbs 150/1 8 Midfield - weakened before 2 out(op 100/1)
10th 6 Passion For Glory (IRE) 7 G Poor Stuart Coltherd 157 lbs 33/1 3 Towards rear - weakened before 3 out(tchd 28/1 and tchd 50/1)
11th 2 Humble Jumble (IRE) 5 G AVG Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore 157 lbs 100/30 18 In rear - not fluent 2nd - weakened before 3 out (inquiry held into running and riding of gelding - who was held up in rear - throughout and never appeared to become competitive - to finish 11th of 12 finishers by a distance of 61 3/4l; vet examined gelding post-race during routine testing and had nothing to report; jockey stated that his instructions were to line up half way - to give himself a bit of room as this was gelding's first run over hurdles and to do his best; he explained that he had become further back than he had hoped due to gelding jumping novicey and gelding was never travelling comfortably throughout race - a fact in which he had reported at scales; he further added that although gelding had previously won a bumper on 9/11/24 at Kelso - he felt that gelding would benefit from stepping up in trip and being ridden more prominently)(op 13/2)
12th 10 Chiefman (GB) 4 G Poor R Mike Smith 156 lbs 250/1 15 Towards rear - hampered 1st - not fluent 4th - weakened before 3 out(op 100/1)
99th 13 Linalene (FR) 3 G Poor Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore 151 lbs 9/2 - In touch with leaders - unseated 1st(op 13/2)