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Kelso Course Guide
The Scottish Borders track hosts racing throughout the winter and is one of the most charming jumps tracks in Britain, staging good quality racing throughout the season despite being in a relatively remote location.
The track’s most valuable meeting is in late February, where feature races include the Premier Kelso Hurdle, a Grade 2 race over 2m 2f and the Premier Chase, a listed race run just short of three miles and the Morebattle Hurdle, a conditions race staged in mid-February which features Simonsig and Peddlers Cross on its list of previous winners.
Left handed, generally flat, with the hurdles course separate to the chase one and around a furlong shorter in length. The position of the final obstacle on both tracks was placed closer to the winning post from October 2012, negating the formerly 2f run to the line, ensuring there is less emphasis on stamina than previously. It's true to say that conditions can get gruelling in mid-winter, but on anything other than soft/heavy ground it's a track which is essentially sharp in character. The chase course has one of the highest casualty rates in the country.
Kelso is a course which puts a premium on stamina. It certainly takes a fair bit of getting and, if you think you’re nearly home when you get to the final obstacle, you’re kidding yourself. They’ve altered the layout recently, making the run-in on the chase track shorter, but that doesn’t mean the shape of a race can’t change dramatically in the closing stages. The hurdles course is different, with longer gaps between jumps, but still demanding. It’s a stiff course, for both disciplines, but a beautifully fair one.
View from the saddle: Mick Fitzgerald
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Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 1f 14y Simply Ned (Good to Firm) 04 Oct 2015 3m 57s 2m 5f 133y Dimple (Good) 13 Jan 2019 5m 20.8s 2m 6f 70y Cultram Abbey (Good to Soft) 09 Dec 2018 5m 40s 2m 7f 110y Leanna Ban (Good) 24 May 2015 5m 42.4s 3m 2f Cave Hunter (Good) 24 May 2015 6m 30.4s 4m 90y Harry The Viking (Good to Soft) 09 Dec 2018 8m 34.1s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 51y Makethedifference (Good to Firm) 16 Sep 2015 3m 41.1s 2m 2f 25y Italian Riviera (Good to Firm) 02 Oct 2016 4m 12.8s 2m 4f 189y Go Another One (Good to Firm) 19 Sep 2018 4m 48.9s 2m 6f 151y Notnow Seamus (Good) 10 May 2017 3m 52.2s 3m 1f 170y Tawseef (Good) 11 Nov 2017 6m 27.3s 3m 3f Milansbar (Good to Soft) 21 Mar 2015 6m 26.2s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 51y Meet The Legend (Good to Firm) 16 Sep 2015 3m 33.1s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Miss Lucinda V Russell 52 9 £67,496 17.31% -£22.22 N G Richards 36 7 £71,715 19.44% £7.85 A M Thomson 31 6 £107,413 19.35% £10.37 D McCain Jnr 30 6 £29,697 20% -£7.88 N W Alexander 32 5 £30,411 15.63% -£2.92 W Coltherd 25 4 £29,235 16% £17.75 C Grant 19 4 £25,601 21.05% -£3.62 P F Nicholls 11 4 £52,535 36.36% -£2.45 J P L Ewart 18 3 £29,025 16.67% £6.25 Micky Hammond 30 3 £16,181 10% -£15.67 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Miss Lucinda V Russell 89 12 £61,473 13.48% -£10.71 D McCain Jnr 64 9 £47,354 14.06% -£21.75 N W Alexander 68 9 £42,433 13.24% -£1.94 N G Richards 38 9 £31,906 23.68% -£1.20 K Dalgleish 26 8 £52,810 30.77% £30.26 J M Jefferson 18 6 £50,882 33.33% £3.61 Mrs R Dobbin 48 5 £21,119 10.42% -£33.06 Mrs H O Graham 27 5 £20,470 18.52% -£5.33 Tim Vaughan 10 5 £18,520 50% £5.71 A M Thomson 36 3 £10,616 8.33% £38.75 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L I Jardine 8 3 £7,472 37.5% £6.75 N G Richards 8 2 £9,444 25% -£3.50 Miss Lucinda V Russell 9 1 £2,274 11.11% -£7.67 J P L Ewart 10 1 £2,599 10% £14.00 Mrs Corbett 6 1 £3,249 16.67% -£2.50 D W Whillans 5 1 £2,274 20% £2.00 C Grant 7 1 £2,599 14.29% -£4.75 J M Jefferson 5 1 £2,599 20% -£1.50 D McCain Jnr 4 1 £2,274 25% -£1.80 Micky Hammond 4 1 £1,949 25% £2.00 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L B S Hughes 76 15 £137,662 19.74% -£12.22 Sean Quinlan 34 9 £70,271 26.47% £1.48 D R Fox 49 8 £61,583 16.33% -£13.47 Danny Cook 24 8 £92,478 33.33% £25.58 Ross Chapman 21 5 £38,523 23.81% £8.75 Craig Nichol 29 4 £38,468 13.79% -£1.25 Callum Bewley 25 4 £55,353 16% £6.50 Sean Bowen 7 4 £44,477 57.14% £1.98 Jamie Hamilton 26 3 £16,374 11.54% -£11.67 Lucy Alexander 19 3 £17,415 15.79% £4.00 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L B S Hughes 88 18 £128,376 20.45% -£15.16 Callum Bewley 54 9 £55,994 16.67% £11.67 Lucy Alexander 47 8 £41,841 17.02% £14.93 Blair Campbell 30 8 £46,007 26.67% £26.54 Craig Nichol 50 7 £27,292 14% -£26.76 W T Kennedy 25 3 £13,646 12% -£6.50 R D Day 27 3 £21,715 11.11% -£8.00 Jamie Hamilton 35 3 £9,812 8.57% -£12.50 B P Harding 17 3 £10,397 17.65% -£11.08 Miss A McCain 7 3 £14,084 42.86% £4.50 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Ross Chapman 9 3 £7,472 33.33% £5.75 B S Hughes 13 2 £5,198 15.38% -£2.80 R D Day 6 2 £9,444 33.33% -£1.50 Callum Whillans 6 1 £2,274 16.67% £1.00 James Corbett 5 1 £3,249 20% -£1.50 D R Fox 5 1 £2,274 20% -£1.67 Jamie Hamilton 4 1 £2,599 25% -£1.50 Rachel McDonald 3 1 £2,599 33.33% £23.00 Nico de Boinville 2 1 £2,599 50% £4.50 R Johnson 2 1 £1,949 50% £4.00
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