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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 96y Present Flight (Good to Firm) 04 Oct 2015 5m 50.02s 3m 2f 39y Dandy Dan (Good) 27 Oct 2018 6m 33.2s 3m 3f 189y The Wicket Chicken (Good) 08 May 2019 7m 23.1s 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 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 58 9 £74,383 15.52% -£15.68 W Coltherd 23 6 £39,566 26.09% £30.00 A M Thomson 24 6 £75,550 25% £8.59 N W Alexander 31 5 £31,809 16.13% £3.00 Miss S E Forster 18 5 £50,597 27.78% £5.71 N G Richards 29 4 £40,043 13.79% -£0.75 D McCain Jnr 24 4 £20,664 16.67% £9.13 B Ellison 12 4 £58,222 33.33% -£1.68 J P L Ewart 19 3 £28,116 15.79% £6.50 C Grant 15 3 £22,352 20% -£6.62 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L K Dalgleish 48 13 £79,127 27.08% £26.39 Miss Lucinda V Russell 89 10 £47,308 11.24% -£40.08 D McCain Jnr 62 9 £53,238 14.52% -£23.48 N W Alexander 69 9 £50,136 13.04% -£6.07 A M Thomson 43 5 £24,002 11.63% -£25.45 Mrs R Dobbin 46 5 £22,094 10.87% -£12.56 A C Whillans 28 4 £18,975 14.29% -£8.38 Ruth Jefferson 20 4 £53,298 20% £1.75 I Jardine 25 3 £11,632 12% -£6.20 N G Richards 23 3 £12,737 13.04% -£3.67 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Micky Hammond 4 2 £4,873 50% £5.25 Miss Lucinda V Russell 10 1 £2,274 10% -£5.67 N G Richards 7 1 £7,820 14.29% -£3.75 J P L Ewart 9 1 £2,599 11.11% £14.00 D McCain Jnr 5 1 £2,274 20% -£2.80 Mrs R Dobbin 4 1 £3,249 25% £0.50 D W Whillans 4 1 £2,274 25% £3.00 A M Thomson 2 1 £2,599 50% £5.00 Miss K Morgan 1 1 £2,924 100% £14.00 J C McConnell 1 1 £2,924 100% £2.00 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L B S Hughes 66 9 £72,457 13.64% -£38.80 Sean Quinlan 32 7 £50,177 21.88% -£4.77 Danny Cook 20 7 £108,606 35% £22.08 D R Fox 34 5 £38,969 14.71% -£15.30 Jamie Hamilton 23 4 £22,353 17.39% -£9.92 Lucy Alexander 20 4 £24,693 20% £8.00 Thomas Willmott 19 4 £36,323 21.05% £26.00 S Bowen 8 4 £59,373 50% £3.98 Craig Nichol 26 3 £51,334 11.54% -£8.75 Callum Bewley 25 3 £48,855 12% -£9.50 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L B S Hughes 90 18 £128,713 20% -£14.00 Craig Nichol 48 8 £37,494 16.67% -£3.43 Lucy Alexander 46 6 £37,660 13.04% £5.43 Sean Quinlan 43 6 £31,487 13.95% -£13.83 Callum Bewley 56 5 £41,048 8.93% -£11.83 Blair Campbell 34 5 £25,668 14.71% -£8.17 Jamie Hamilton 37 5 £18,065 13.51% -£1.50 Ross Chapman 32 4 £18,390 12.5% -£15.88 Ryan Mania 12 3 £16,635 25% -£0.20 Bruce Lynn 11 3 £11,436 27.27% £11.00 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L B S Hughes 13 2 £5,198 15.38% -£2.80 Tabitha Worsley 2 2 £10,431 100% £16.50 Callum Bewley 7 1 £2,599 14.29% £0.00 Callum Whillans 5 1 £2,274 20% £2.00 Craig Nichol 5 1 £3,249 20% -£1.50 D R Fox 5 1 £2,274 20% -£0.67 Rachel McDonald 3 1 £2,599 33.33% £23.00 R D Day 3 1 £7,820 33.33% £0.25 R Johnson 2 1 £1,949 50% £4.00 C R King 2 1 £2,924 50% £0.25
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